State Advocate Esekiel Ipinge says Tamson ‘Fitty’ Hatuikulipi’s bail application does not contain any new facts. Fitty Hatuikulipi (43), is one of the alleged masterminds of the Fishrot corruption scandal. Ipinge told Fitty Hatuikulipi during cross-examination this week, he (Fitty) was just rehashing old evidence. The hearing of Hatuikulipi’s application resumed this week after a...
State Advocate Laurens Campher yesterday asked Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Petrus Unengu to sentence the remaining seven men accused of trying to secede the then Caprivi Strip from Namibia in August 1999 to further custodial sentences. The accused have been in custody since their arrests in 2002 and 2003, totalling 21 and 22 years...
Windhoek High Court Judge Philanda Christiaan last week acquitted former police officer Ricardo Nghilifavali Nestor on charges of fraud, forgery, and using a forged instrument. The judge, however, found that the State proved the alternative offence of theft and money-laundering. Nestor already tasted success when six charges against him were dismissed after a Section 174...
Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen on Friday sentenced a man she convicted of murder with direct intent to an effective prison term of 33 years. The judge convicted Shaun Tieties (39) of murder, read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and attempting...
ONAKAHOLO – A 31-year-old man who serves as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church at Rundu, is expected to appear in the Ohangwena Magistrate’s Court today for allegedly killing his three-year-old niece and assaulting his six-year-old nephew, who is now in critical condition. He is facing charges of murder and attempted murder. The alleged...
WALVIS BAY – Seven people who were arrested last week in connection with the disappearance of Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) student Matheus Sheehama (24) have been charged with murder. The suspects are Sheehama’sgirlfriend Jessica Gaes (27), her brother Jimmy Gaeb (24), and Gaes’ ex-boyfriend Michael Awaseb (24). Others are Marvin Wapota (20),...
OLUNO – A male correctional officer at Oluno Correctional Facility is under investigation for allegedly stealing a pig from the facility on Monday. The Commissioner General of the Namibian Correctional Service, Raphael Hamunyela confirmed the incident. The stolen pig was allegedly intended to be slaughtered for the inmates, or sold to the public togenerate income...
Windhoek High Court acting judge Collins Parker yesterday ruled that the social media posts Affirmative Repositioning leader Job Amupanda made in 2021 about deputy finance minister Maureen Hinda-Mbuende, are defamatory. Parker found that a post Amupanda placed on his social media account of an unknown woman clothed in jeans and a white t-shirt, accompanied by...
Ebba Kandovazu A nine-year-old girl whose charred remains were found at a dumping site also had her legs broken, the Windhoek High Court heard on Monday.This was heard during the criminal trial of three Zimbabwean nationals accused of brutally assaulting Natalie Chipomho. Her body, according to a Namibian Police Force Senior Inspector, Detective Josef Ndokosho,...