Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the movie set weapons handler who loaded a gun for actor Alec Baldwin before it fired and killed a cinematographer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. The armourer, 26, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in March. She was found not guilty of a second charge – tampering with evidence –...
Kandjemuni Kamuiiri Dennis Noa, a medical intern and son of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director Paulus Noa, has been sentenced to 8 years imprisonment. The sentencing took place at the Katutura Magistrate Court today, following his conviction for the rape of an 18-year-old male patient at Katutura Hospital. The incident involved the victim, who was...
KARASBURG: A total of 3 129 offenders have been sentenced to community service in Namibia since the implementation of the Community Service Orders (CSO) programme in 2010. These statistics were revealed by the Namibian Correctional Service Commissioner-General, Raphael Hamunyela here on Thursday, during the official roll-out of CSO to the Karasburg and Ariamsvlei courts. He...
A resident of Keetmanshoop, Hans Jaartze, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for a knife murder. 26-year-old Jaartze pleaded guilty to a murder charge at the start of his trial in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court. He blamed alcohol for taking the life of his victim. Jaartze, in his guilty plea, admitted that he fatally stabbed...
A court in Nepal on Wednesday sentenced former star cricket captain Sandeep Lamichhane to eight years in prison for rape. Lamichhane, 23, was once the poster boy for cricket in Nepal and the leg spinner’s onfield success had boosted the sport’s profile in the Himalayan republic. In 2022 he was accused of raping a young...
A North West church leader has been sentenced to two years imprisonment in the Rustenburg Regional Court for contravention of Section 22 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act. Zoliswa Menziwa, 36, was arrested after she was found with five adults who were naked, together with 11 children in a house...
Staff Reporter AN ANGOLAN national, Tomas Menas Hifaanye (31), who was arrested in 2019 and faced four separate charges, was sentenced to ten years for housebreaking with the intent to rob and robbery; a life sentence for each of two murder charges, and fifteen years for rape. The matter was heard by Judge Duard Kesslau...
In a landmark ruling, Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg handed down prison sentences of up to 30 years to two American citizens, Marcus Thomas and Kevan Townsend, for their involvement in the murder of André Heckmair. The murder, which occurred on January 7, 2011, had remained the subject of investigations for several years, culminating...
