The killing of a woman who was murdered by her husband at her home in Windhoek two years ago was “an act of unbridled and horrific violence”, a High Court judge said yesterday, before sentencing the killer to life imprisonment.…
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An Omaheke region resident who admitted that he strangled and raped a young woman at a farm in the Gobabis district was sentenced to an effective prison term of 45 years on Friday. During the sentencing of Gabriel Gasa (25)…
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The Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia) employee killed during an armed robbery at the company’s premises in Windhoek last year was shot with a pistol that belonged to one of the alleged robbers, Max Endjala, a police detective testified in the…
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A man who admitted that he murdered his estranged wife in a knife attack in Windhoek about two years ago has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Acting judge Marilize du Plessis sentenced Marlo McNab in the High Court at Windhoek…
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A ||Kharas region resident who fatally stabbed his pregnant wife at Aus on Christmas Day in 2014 has now been sentenced to 27 years’ imprisonment. The murder committed by Johannes Swartbooi (50) was senseless, considering that Swartbooi said in a…
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Lawyers involved in a High Court case about an attempt to have the possession of cannabis legalised in Namibia have been asked to consider limiting the issues on which the court will be asked to make a decision after the…
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A former Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia) employee accused of involvement in a fatal diamond heist at Namdia’s Windhoek head office in January this year says the armed robbery was carried out by two of his relatives. Testifying during a bail…
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The chairperson of the Immigration Selection Board and the chief of immigration have failed with an attempt to appeal against a High Court judgement delivered last year. The judgement ordered the board to issue a German couple planning to settle…
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Prosecutor general Martha Imalwa has been appointed as acting head of Namibia’s prosecuting authority for a year, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) announced on Friday. Imalwa, who has been Namibia’s prosecutor general (PG) since January 2004, has been appointed by…
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The driver of a vehicle that was involved in a collision in which six people were killed near Henties Bay in December 2014 was correctly convicted on six counts of murder, two judges of the High Court ruled on Friday.…
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The Electoral Court has reviewed and set aside the erroneous allocation of one seat in the Rundu Town Council to the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC). Deputy judge president Hannelie Prinsloo and judges Thomas Masuku and Lotta Ambunda on Monday…
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Ongwediva resident Toivo Simeon, also known as Potgieter Vilho, may no longer make claims about businessman Benjamin Hauwanga on social media platforms, a Windhoek magistrate has ordered. The order made by magistrate Monica Andjaba sets out the conditions on which…
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