Home Africa Namibia: Crash driver gets 15 years in prison on murder charges –...

Namibia: Crash driver gets 15 years in prison on murder charges – Crime

Namibia: Crash driver gets 15 years in prison on murder charges – Crime

Africa Links 24 with Adam Hartman
Published on 2024-08-23 10:26:20

In a landmark ruling, magistrate Gaynor Poulton on Friday sentenced Jandre Dippenaar to 15 years in prison on six counts of murder in connection with the fatal road collision in which he was involved in December 2014.

Dippenaar’s case is the first in Namibia’s legal history jn which a road accident has led to a murder conviction, rather than culpable homicide.

The sentence, delivered in the Swakopmund Regional Court, comes nearly a decade after the fatal collision that claimed the lives…

Read the Full article on The Namibian

Previous articleSouth Africa: Eastern Cape’s iconic Mazeppa Bay Hotel set to reopen with a new operator
Next articleLiberia: ANC condemns violence at CDC Hq.