Crime and Courts

The prosecutor general has decided to prosecute three Angolan women who were caught at the Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) with more than N$2.2 million in foreign currencies late last year.

WALVIS BAY – Steven Junior Mulundu (22), the second suspect in Shannon Wasserfall murder, has appeared before the Walvis Bay magistrate court on Friday and will remain in custody after he was denied bail. 

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director general, Paulus Noa, said the anti-graft agency will not be dictated on how to investigate the fishrot matter. 

The family of three brothers and a cousin, who were allegedly gunned down by members of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) on Thursday night along the Chobe River in the Zambezi region, said they are pinning their hope on the Namibian government to get answers for them.

It will however not be as easy as Gustav Bethuel Romeo Pienaar – the accused - is conducting his own defence after several lawyers withdrew from his case for unrealistic instructions

Windhoek High Court Judge Eileen Rakow last week sentenced former coastal estate agent Erwin Sprangers (62) to an effective prison term of eight years.

The police are hot on the trail of an Okahandja Park man who fled the house immediately after allegedly murdering his wife on Saturday evening.

The remaining seven treason accused in the longest running trial in the history of Namibia are now asking the court to acquit them on all charges in a section 174 application for discharge.

The Windhoek Regional court has given an order to have the trial of a 24-year-old man, accused of murder, to start afresh.

The Windhoek Regional Court last week gave a final remand for the trial of a former prosecutor, who is facing criminal charges for allegedly scrapping charges from the court system nearly 15 years ago.