‘Scream, and I’ll stab you’

"If you scream, I’ll stab you."These are the words Richard Kennedy Hoaseb, who is facing five counts of rape, allegedly said to one of his victims while threatening her with a knife.The victim had to share the courtroom with her alleged rapist on Wednesday while she testified against him in the Windhoek High Court.Hoaseb reportedly robbed and raped five women in settlements around Gobabis between 2015 and 2017.During yesterday&#039;s testimony, the victim narrated how he threatened her with a knife in broad daylight in December 2017 before stealing her cellphone and raping her."Lie on the ground and take off your clothes," Hoaseb apparently told her.After he raped her, he instructed her to follow him outside. She went with him at first, but then asked where he was taking her. He pointed to the bushes."You already raped me. What do you want to do now? Kill me?” she apparently asked him.According to her testimony, he then let her go and she rushed for help, but when she returned to the scene in the presence of two men - whom she met in the street - he had already left.‘I immediately recognised him’The victim testified that she was later contacted by the police to identify Hoaseb at a police station."There were about 15 men standing in a row. All about the same height and complexion. When I walked in, I immediately recognised him."I started crying and pointed him out to the police," she testified.During the course of his trial, Hoaseb has already dismissed three legal representatives and is currently handling his own defence.Representing the state is public prosecutor Palmer Khumalo.- kristien@republikein.com.na

‘Scream, and I’ll stab you’

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Namibian Sun 2026-11-12

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