A TEACHER at Augustineum Secondary School in Windhoek appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura yesterday on a charge that he had raped an eight-year-old girl, seriously injuring her in the process.
Making his first appearance before Magistrate Rachel Nathaniel, 37-year-old teacher Tjinouhona Darius Hengombe was not asked to plead or given a chance to respond to the allegations against him yesterday. He was informed of his rights to legal representation, told that he would have to bring a formal bail application if he wanted to be released on bail, and then told that his case was being remanded to October 13 for further investigations to be done.In the meantime, he would remain in Police custody.Hengombe was arrested on Wednesday.At this stage the allegation that he faces is that he raped an eight-year-old girl some time during August.The incident is claimed to have left the girl seriously injured, to the extent that she had to be taken up in hospital.He was informed of his rights to legal representation, told that he would have to bring a formal bail application if he wanted to be released on bail, and then told that his case was being remanded to October 13 for further investigations to be done.In the meantime, he would remain in Police custody.Hengombe was arrested on Wednesday.At this stage the allegation that he faces is that he raped an eight-year-old girl some time during August.The incident is claimed to have left the girl seriously injured, to the extent that she had to be taken up in hospital.
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