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Namibia: Doctor wins appeal against conviction on rape charge – News

Namibia: Doctor wins appeal against conviction on rape charge – News

Africa Links 24 with Werner Menges
Published on 2024-11-08 07:55:48

Medical doctor Dennis Noa’s conviction on a charge of rape has been overturned by two judges of the Windhoek High Court.

Noa’s appeal was upheld in a judgement delivered on Friday.

Noa (30) was accused of raping an 18-year-old patient at Katutura Intermediate Hospital in Windhoek on 11 April 2021.

He denied guilt on the charge, but was found guilty in the Windhoek Regional Court in January this year.

Noa was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment in February.

He…

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