Crime and Courts

WINDHOEK - The prosecutor general has sent back to the police investigator the docket of a man accused of killing his brother last year over a debt of N$20.

WINDHOEK - The murder as well as the discharging of a firearm in public trial of commissioner for refugees in Namibia Likius Valombola, 56, will start on 22 June next year before Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Claudia Claasen.

WINDHOEK – The Windhoek City Police on Wednesday arrested a 35-year-old Angolan national for being in possession of suspected stolen laptops and cellphones. 

ONGWEDIVA - The Oshakati high court this week sentenced Fransisco Gerson Joao to an effective 30 years imprisonment for the direct murder of his girlfriend.

WINDHOEK - A Former Air Namibia cabin crew member currently being tried for attempting to smuggle N$5 million worth of heroin is set to get new trial dates after his trial came to a standstill in Windhoek regional court.

WINDHOEK - The trial of a woman accused of ending the life of her live-in boyfriend by stabbing him 17-times has reached its final stages as closing arguments will be heard in Windhoek Regional Court in three weeks’ time.

WINDHOEK - A 32-year old man who allegedly defiled four little girls between April and September 2019 at Tutaleni in Walvis Bay was arrested and has appeared in court.

RUNDU - The unlicensed motorist whose car reportedly bumped and killed two cyclists on the Trans Caprivi-Highway on Sunday evening was denied bail when he made his first court appearance on Tuesday. 

WINDHOEK – Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg yesterday said that American Marcus Thomas, who is accused of the assassin-like murder of Andre Heckmair in Windhoek in 2011, has reached the end of the rope in his quest to delay his trial.

WINDHOEK - An inmate at Omuthiya police holding cells is accused of having stabbed a fellow inmate with a screwdriver in the neck on Saturday afternoon.