WINDHOEK – Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg yesterday granted leave to local lawyer, Titus Ipumbu, to withdraw as the legal representative of American Marcus Thomas who is accused of the assassin-like murder of Andre Heckmair in Windhoek in 2011.
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2019-10-292024-06-18Crime and Courts
17 years’ imprisonment for rape of minor
WINDHOEK – The court should forsake the element of mercy in sentencing persons convicted of sexually abusing children, said magistrate Ileni Velikoshi when imposing a 17-year imprisonment term on a man who raped a five-year-old girl in 2015 at Havana, Katutura, Windhoek.
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2019-10-292024-06-18Crime and Courts
Gangster-style executioner accused wants bail
WINDHOEK - A 40-year-old Yemen national currently in police custody on suspicion he carried out a gangster-style execution of Malian national Gamby Baya in 2016 in Kleine Kuppe wants the court to release him on bail.
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2019-10-292024-06-18Crime and Courts
Unlicensed motorist kills two in Rundu
RUNDU - A 22-year-old unlicensed motorist bumped and killed two people who were travelling on a bicycle on the Trans Caprivi-Highway where it passes through Rundu.
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2019-10-282024-06-18Crime and Courts
Kora money is gone – Shanghala…labels court case a waste of time
WINDHOEK - Justice minister Sacky Shanghala has labelled the case before the Windhoek High Court involving the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB), which is seeking to recover over N$23 million from the organisers of the Kora All-Africa Music Awards, as a waste of time.
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2019-10-282024-06-18Crime and Courts
Trial begins for execution-style killing accused
WINDHOEK – The trial of a Yemeni national, who is accused of assassinating Malian Gamby Baya in 2016, is expected to start in the Windhoek Regional Court this morning.
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2019-10-252024-06-18Crime and Courts
PG orders further probe into murder case
WINDHOEK – The prosecutor-general has requested the police to carry out further investigations into the matter of a man who stands accused of killing his brother over a debt of N$20.
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2019-10-242024-06-18Crime and Courts
Woman accused of dumping baby still without lawyer
WINDHOEK – A young woman who was arrested for allegedly dumping her lifeless baby at Greenwell Matongo is yet to attain legal representation in her case.
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2019-10-242024-06-18Crime and Courts
Lab results stall murder case
WINDHOEK - Laboratory results in the case of a former primary school teacher, who is accused of stabbing his wife to death, are still outstanding.
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2019-10-232024-06-18Crime and Courts
Rape accused ex-magistrate suffers setback
WINDHOEK - A former Windhoek magistrate who is accused of raping two women suffered another legal blow when an application for the bail record in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court to not be admitted into evidence in his new bail hearing in the High Court was dismissed on Monday.