Crime and Courts

WINDHOEK - An 18-year-old girl arrested for dumping her lifeless baby in front of her shack in Greenwell Matongo earlier this month has been granted bail.

SWAKOPMUND – A Swakopmund resident died on Saturday evening after he was stabbed over a bottle of cheap wine he reportedly grabbed from two men. According to the police crime report, the incident happened around 22h40 at Hero’s bar in Mondesa.

WINDHOEK – A Windhoek man was rushed to hospital after he was shot in the stomach by an on-duty

WINDHOEK - Wilhelm (Wimpie) Derick Februarie, 40, the man accused of the brutal rape and murder of a 56-year-old woman in Windhoek West in 2014 was convicted on the murder charge, but acquitted on the rape charge last week.

WINDHOEK - Kingsley Dausab, 44 and Michael Tsowaseb, 41, two men convicted of mutilating the private parts of a woman after they murdered her in 2005, were sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday by Windhoek High Court Judge Nate Ndauendapo.

WINDHOEK – Windhoek resident Johannes Neuaka, who is in police custody for allegedly gunning down his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child, has denied guilt in relation to her death.

WINDHOEK – The trial of two men who stand accused of attempting to steal N$1.1 million from Air Namibia in 2017 is set to start in November.

RUNDU - A 19-year-old security guard was shot in the legs while on duty early yesterday morning during an attempted armed robbery at Fatinya Supermarket in Sauyemwa location of Rundu.

ONKUMBULA - Sexual abuse among children and women remains rampant in Oshikoto Region, where a staggering 25 cases of rape involving minors were reported to the police between January, 2018 and May

WINDHOEK - The prosecution on Wednesday asked Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Alfred Siboleka to sentence a young man convicted of murder with direct intent for killing his girlfriend near Independence