Child rapist sent to jail for 15 years

A WALVIS Bay resident who has been staring a child rape charge in the face for the past three years was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment after being found guilty in the Swakopmund Regional Court last week.

Magistrate Gert Retief sentenced Herman Narib (28) in the Swakopmund Regional Court last Tuesday after he had convicted Narib on the rape charge he had faced since his arrest in early May 2003. Narib was accused of raping a nine-year-old girl at Walvis Bay’s Kuisebmond residential area on April 20 2003.The Magistrate was told that Narib, who was employed as a security guard, lived in a shack at the back of the house where the girl that he was accused of raping lived.On the day of the incident, it was testified, he called the girl and her seven-year-old brother to his room, where he had cooked some porridge for them.After they had eaten, he sent the boy back to the house with the used plates.He then raped the girl, it was claimed.The boy testified that when he returned to Narib’s room he peeped inside and saw Narib having sexual intercourse with the girl.He also said that when Narib realised that he had been seen, he threatened the boy with death, also displaying a panga to drive home the seriousness of his threat.The children nevertheless reported the incident to Narib’s wife after she returned from a church service she was attending at the time of the event.Narib was represented by Legal Aid Directorate defence lawyer Hipura Ujaha during the trial.Public Prosecutor Tania Tait represented the State.Narib was accused of raping a nine-year-old girl at Walvis Bay’s Kuisebmond residential area on April 20 2003.The Magistrate was told that Narib, who was employed as a security guard, lived in a shack at the back of the house where the girl that he was accused of raping lived.On the day of the incident, it was testified, he called the girl and her seven-year-old brother to his room, where he had cooked some porridge for them.After they had eaten, he sent the boy back to the house with the used plates.He then raped the girl, it was claimed.The boy testified that when he returned to Narib’s room he peeped inside and saw Narib having sexual intercourse with the girl.He also said that when Narib realised that he had been seen, he threatened the boy with death, also displaying a panga to drive home the seriousness of his threat.The children nevertheless reported the incident to Narib’s wife after she returned from a church service she was attending at the time of the event.Narib was represented by Legal Aid Directorate defence lawyer Hipura Ujaha during the trial.Public Prosecutor Tania Tait represented the State.