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Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - Web posted at 8:49:39 pm GMT

13 years ... not 26

AN error slipped into one of the short court reports published under the heading 'Rapist and kidnapper gets 26 years' on page 3 of Monday's edition of The Namibian.

The correct information is that Uis resident Fillemon Goseb was convicted in the Walvis Bay Regional Court of the abduction and rape of an 11-year-old girl, with the crimes committed between January 9 and 11 2000, and that he was sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment.

The two counts were taken together for sentencing, and he did not receive a 13-year prison term on each count as had been reported.

The error is regretted.

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