WINDHOEK – Fraud accused Manga Manga-Mukena, her husband Joseph and Celestino Gabriel Antonio are still waiting to hear whether the chief justice will entertain their petition to appeal the refusal of Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Kobus Miller to recuse himself from their trial.
Crime and Courts
Tax fraud bank records admissible as evidence
WINDHOEK – Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Kobus Miller last Friday admitted into evidence bank records obtained from the accounts of Boykie Noa Naukosho (30), and his company Tripple N Investments after a trial within a trial to determine their admissibility.
Six arrested with pangolin skins
ONGWEDIVA - The police in Oshana have arrested at least six people for dealing with pangolins in the past two weeks.
Namibians languishing in Angolan jails
RUNDU – Three men from Kavango West region, who were arrested on 13 November last year for illegally cutting grass in Angola, are still in custody in that country.
Ex-RFA worker gets four years
WINDHOEK – A former employee of the Road Fund Administration (RFA) who admitted he stole N$2.4 million from the entity under false pretences
Man killed stopping panga wielding attacker
OMUTHIYA - A 47-year-old man was killed while intervening in a panga attack at Okayele village in Oshikoto region, the police said yesterday.
Unam campus loses over N$200 000 in break-in
ONGWEDIVA – Unknown suspects on Saturday allegedly got away with N$224 580 in cash from the University of Namibia’s Hifikepunye Pohamba campus’ finance office in Ongwediva.
Woman gets 10 years for lover’s murder
WINDHOEK - A 32-year-old woman has been slapped with 10 years imprisonment for the killing of his live-in boyfriend of seven years in 2015.
Suspect arrested with leopard skin in Oshana
ONGWEDIVA - The number of suspects arrested in connection with protected wildlife crimes in Oshana Region has increased to six in less than a week, following yet another arrest of a man caught dealing with a leopard skin.
Oshikoto man buries son alive
OMUTHIYA - A man from Onandhi in the Onankali area of Oshikoto Region has been arrested for murder after allegedly burying his two-year-old son alive.