Crime and Courts

A 44-year-old man accused of raping his biological daughter was denied bail when he made his first appearance in the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Convicted murderer Jandre Dippenaar’s lawyer fought hard in court yesterday to buy some time for his client.

A man who was convicted of killing his 27-month-old physically-challenged son by burying him alive at Onadhi village in Onyaanya constituency five years ago, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Oshakati High Court.

The minor victim, who was allegedly sexually violated by his father and grandmother on numerous occasions in Windhoek, demonstrated how the acts were performed on him by his alleged perpetrators in court this week.

N​​​​​​​ew Era Publication Corporation has lodged an appeal in the Supreme Court against the judgment of Windhoek High Court Judge Orben Sibeya in favour of Namibian Police commissioner Andreas Nelumbu for an article it published in September 2022.

Afas Kamutjemo (45), accused of stealing 15 head of cattle from Hadley Mwashekele, claims he was in South Africa when the alleged theft happened.

A Namibian who allegedly operated a Ponzi scheme and is accused of defrauding 79 persons to the tune of N$4.3 million, is disputing the validity of financial records, including bank statements the State wants to use against him.

The State wants the Windhoek Regional Court to sentence a man from northern Namibia, who raped a 13-year old girl four times during 2019 and 2020, to the maximum allowable punishment.