A prisoner serving a jail term of 49 years after being convicted of murdering a German tourist and robbing and kidnapping the tourist’s travel companions has failed with an appeal against his sentence. The Supreme Court dismissed Manfred Gariseb’s appeal against his sentence in a judgement delivered last Thursday. In the same judgement, the court...
By Josef Kefas Sheehama. It’s crucial to remember that greylisting does not have to define Namibia’s economy, even though it frequently makes people feel more anxious. Namibia can continue engaging in Anti-money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) but we need to make improvements to meet Financial Action Task Force (FATF) requirements in...
As the saying goes, “testing positive for HIV is not a death sentence.” This is a testament to 48-year-old Bernhard Kamatoto, who has been living with HIV for the past 24 years. 1999 was the year Kamatoto tested positive for HIV at the age of 25. But he could’ve been living with the virus longer,...
Five long-term prisoners who sued Namibia’s prison authorities in an attempt to confirm that they can get a reduction of the sentences they are serving have won their case in the Windhoek High Court. In a judgement delivered on Tuesday, deputy judge president Hosea Angula declared that five prisoners who sued the prison authorities are...
Staff Reporter SYLAS Tangi Mungoba, a member of Swapo’s youth league leadership recently convicted of bribery linked to an Affirmative Repositioning movement demonstration, has been sentenced to pay an effective fine of N$5,000.00. The 36-year-old was arrested in July 2021 in connection with bribery aimed at orchestrating a demonstration by the Affirmative Repositioning movement to...
American citizen Kevan Townsend, convicted of murdering André Heckmair, asked the court to sentence him to seven years imprisonment, of which five years are suspended for a period of five years. In the eventuality that the request is granted, it means 37-year-old Townsend will serve two years for the murder. He made the submission through...
Staff Reporter THE sentencing mitigating hearing for Marcus Thomas and Kevan Townsend who were convicted of murder this month has been moved to October. According to High Court Christie Liebenberg, the postponement occurred unexpectedly as the state prosecutor, Advocate Antonia Verhoef, is currently in South Africa due to a family bereavement. The two men were...
UN experts have urged Saudi Arabia to revoke the death sentence handed down to Mohammed Al Ghamdi for his tweets and YouTube activities, as the crackdown on freedom of expression in the country continues to escalate. Dominika Mortimer for UN News. The post Saudi Arabia urged to revoke death sentence for social media dissent first...
A former nurse who killed 7 babies and tried to kill 6 more will spend the rest of her life in prison. 33-year-old Lucy Letby is the most prolific child serial killer in modern British history. John Bevir reports. The post UK serial killer nurse given life sentence first appeared on Future Media. Source...
By Elezo Libanda Katima Mulilo, 14 August – A man from Linda Township, Lusaka, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison, possibly keeping him incarcerated until his 90s, after being found guilty of repeatedly defiling his own daughter, resulting in her pregnancy and the birth of a son. Roderick Nyambe, a 49-year-old farmer, was...