Man sent directly to jail for reckless driving

WINDHOEK – Kuisebmund resident Paulus Martin Nandago, who knocked down and killed two children when he jumped a red traffic light at the corner of Shanghai Street and Independence Avenue in Katutura in September 2001, has been jailed for three years.

Twenty-three-year-old Nandago appeared in the Regional Court in Katutura this week. He was acquitted of culpable homicide but convicted of negligent and reckless driving.Dawid Kooper and Jerome Peter Kemp died in the incident.All the charges were read together for the purpose of sentencing.Nandago also received a N$12 000 fine, or two years imprisonment, on the count of culpable homicide.Judge Dinnah Usiku, who imposed the sentence, said acts of reckless driving were prevalent.She said Nandago was not remorseful throughout the proceedings and only tried to show some kind of remorse towards the end of the trial.- NampaHe was acquitted of culpable homicide but convicted of negligent and reckless driving.Dawid Kooper and Jerome Peter Kemp died in the incident.All the charges were read together for the purpose of sentencing.Nandago also received a N$12 000 fine, or two years imprisonment, on the count of culpable homicide.Judge Dinnah Usiku, who imposed the sentence, said acts of reckless driving were prevalent.She said Nandago was not remorseful throughout the proceedings and only tried to show some kind of remorse towards the end of the trial.- Nampa