A member of the Namibian Police described the scene at a house in Okuryangava, Windhoek, where a woman was butchered by her husband, as a “bloody mess”. Testifying in court on Wednesday, Warrant Officer Immanuel Shilamo of the Scene of Crime Division told Windhoek High Court Judge Herman January that upon entering the house shared by...
Theodore Shipanga (48) refused to tender a plea when he appeared on charges of murder, robbery and defeating the course of justice on Monday. Shipanga told Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen that he cannot plead to the charges, as he knows nothing about the whole ordeal. He was arrested 12 years after the murder...
American national convicted of murder, Kevan Townsend, and trial-awaiting prisoner, former magistrate Jaco Kennedy appeared in the Windhoek High Court on Monday in their fight for conjugal and private family visits.The two, appearing before Judge Collins Parker, are suing the minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, the Windhoek Correctional Facility, Commissioner General of...
Isai Sipunga The Otjomuise neighbourhood on the outskirts of the capital Windhoek was shaken by a tragic incident that claimed the life of Kevin Kasuto, a 38-year-old resident. Initial reports emerging from local authorities said Kasuto was fatally stabbed on 20 July 2024 around 13h52 in Ompanda Street. Details are still emerging, and the exact...
ONGWEDIVA – The Namibian Police recorded 110 551 criminal cases countrywide during the 2023/24 financial year. The cases range from robbery, rape, violence against women and children, and other forms of domestic violence, murder, theft of motor-vehicles and livestock, dealing in drugs, housebreaking, and theft. This was revealed by Inspector General of NamPol, Lieutenant General...
Two farmworkers accused of killing their employers in 2018 appeared briefly in the Windhoek High Court yesterday, for the commencement of their trial today. The suspects, 35-year-old Bernadus Afrikaner and Salatiel Unaeb (47) appeared before Judge Naomi Shivute, who informed them about the commencement of the trial today. They face 11 charges including murder, rape...
A 38-year-old man who pleaded guilty to murdering his former girlfriend by stabbing her 36 times with a sheep shear wants the court to have mercy on him. Shaun Tieties told Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen that he found God in prison and is no longer the same man he was before. Tieties pleaded guilty...
OHANGWENA – The Ohangwena Magistrate’s Court convicted a 30-year-old woman for falsifying her teaching qualifications as well as attempting to kill a colleague in her car in 2021. The head of the crime investigations unit in Ohangwena region, Deputy Commissioner Zachariah Amakali, said Fransian Mwetufa was convicted last Wednesday on counts of forgery and attempted...
Lawyers representing three Zimbabwean nationals accused of murdering a nine-year-old girl and burning her body in a municipal skip container are accusing the police of lies and deceit during the initial investigation. Defence lawyers Milton Engelbrecht, Mbanga Siyomunji and Joseph Andreas flat-out told Commissioner Nelius Becker, Inspector Lodewyk van Graan and Inspector Natangwe Erastus that...
The Rehoboth Town Council emerged victorious yesterday when the Windhoek High Court set aside the N$1 million compensation the arbitrator had awarded its former chief executive officer, Christoph/Uirab. On 15 September 2022, the arbitrator ordered the town council to pay /Uirab N$219 110 worth four months’ salary, N$161 856 for leave gratuity,N$102 967.90 for pro...