Women want harsher treatment of murderers

CLOSE to 50 women yesterday staged a demonstration at Keetmanshoop in protest against the recent murders of women and children.

The women, most of them clad in black, waved placards condemning the “barbaric killings” and handed over a petition to Divisional Magistrate Alfred Siboleka. The women appealed for speedy finalisation of murder cases and stiffer punishments for murderers.They urged the Ministry of Justice to revise the criteria followed in granting bail to murder suspects.Siboleka said he would forward the message to higher authorities.”Yes women are cut into pieces and yet the perpetrators of these acts are still at large,” Siboleka said.He urged the women to co-operate with the Police to bring criminals to book.”It is incumbent on us to expose the elements committing these barbaric crimes for justice to take its course,” he said.The women appealed for speedy finalisation of murder cases and stiffer punishments for murderers.They urged the Ministry of Justice to revise the criteria followed in granting bail to murder suspects.Siboleka said he would forward the message to higher authorities.”Yes women are cut into pieces and yet the perpetrators of these acts are still at large,” Siboleka said.He urged the women to co-operate with the Police to bring criminals to book.”It is incumbent on us to expose the elements committing these barbaric crimes for justice to take its course,” he said.