The brother of a long-distance bus driver, accused of murdering his former girlfriend after she dumped him via SMS, this week testified in his defence.
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2020-10-302024-06-18Crime and Courts
Man gets 20 years for friend’s murder
The Windhoek Regional Court yesterday sentenced a 28-year-old man to 20 years imprisonment for stabbing his friend multiple times to death in 2018.
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2020-10-302024-06-18Crime and Courts
Teacher arrested for assaulting pupils
Keetmanshoop – A Gibeon-based teacher was arrested last week for allegedly assaulting five female pupils inside the school’s hostel premises.
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2020-10-292024-06-18Crime and Courts
Man held for raping another man
A 45-year-old man from Ogongo constituency in the Omusati region appeared in court on Tuesday for the alleged rape of another man on Monday night.
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2020-10-292024-06-18Crime and Courts
Suspected serial rapist on the loose
WALVIS BAY – The police at Walvis Bay have issued a warning about a suspected serial rapist on the loose in the wake of sexual attacks targeting women.
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2020-10-292024-06-18Crime and Courts
Cash-in-transit robbers remanded in custody
Prosecution is still opposing the release on bail of a group of men who were arrested in connection to a cash-in-transit robbery at Black Chain shopping complex in Katutura last month, involving more than N$900 000.
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2020-10-282024-06-18Crime and Courts
Murder accused teacher’s provisional plea postponed
The provisional plea of a Windhoek teacher, who is currently in police custody for allegedly stabbing his wife multiple times to death, was rescheduled to next week.
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2020-10-282024-06-18Crime and Courts
Ex-magistrate to be tried in 2021
Former Windhoek-based magistrate Riana Hileni Kavara, who resigned following her suspension on criminal charges, is scheduled to go on trial next year.
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2020-10-282024-06-21Crime and Courts, International
Teen charged in assault death of grandmother appears
An 18-year-old boy, accused of fatally assaulting his grandmother, appeared for the first time on Monday in the Outapi Magistrate’s Court on a charge of murder.
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2020-10-272024-06-18Crime and Courts
Trial in Okahandja farm murder to restart
The trial of an Okahandja resident, accused of killing a man and burying him with two dogs on his father’s farm seven years ago, is set to start afresh next year.