Child kidnapping suspect denied bail
A 27-year-old Angolan man accused of kidnapping a two-year-old baby at Omuntele on Sunday made a brief appearance in the Ondangwa Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
Oshikoto regional police commander Commissioner Armas Shivute said Faustino Hilukilwa, who is employed as a cattle herder, had become embroiled in a fight with the child's mother and later grabbed her baby and ran away.
The incident happened at around 20:00 on Sunday evening at Ondobe yoshaale village in the Omuntele area. “It's alleged that the mother of the baby was drinking tombo at the Ehenge cuca shops in the Omuntele area, when a fight erupted between her and the suspect. The baby's mother later left the cuca shops to go home. On her way home, the suspect ambushed her and they started fighting again,” Shivute said.
“While fighting, the child fell from the mother's back and the suspect grabbed her and ran away. The mother started screaming and a group of community members arrived and followed the shoeprints of the suspect. The suspect walked for four kilometers to his house with the baby.”
Shivute said the community found the baby with the suspect in a room; they recovered her and handed her back to the mother.
They also arrested the suspect and handed him over to the police.
The suspect and the child's mother are not in a relationship.
Hilukilwa appeared before Magistrate Toini Shilongo, who denied him bail. The State was represented by prosecutor Doreen Gowases and the matter was remanded to November.
Oshikoto regional police commander Commissioner Armas Shivute said Faustino Hilukilwa, who is employed as a cattle herder, had become embroiled in a fight with the child's mother and later grabbed her baby and ran away.
The incident happened at around 20:00 on Sunday evening at Ondobe yoshaale village in the Omuntele area. “It's alleged that the mother of the baby was drinking tombo at the Ehenge cuca shops in the Omuntele area, when a fight erupted between her and the suspect. The baby's mother later left the cuca shops to go home. On her way home, the suspect ambushed her and they started fighting again,” Shivute said.
“While fighting, the child fell from the mother's back and the suspect grabbed her and ran away. The mother started screaming and a group of community members arrived and followed the shoeprints of the suspect. The suspect walked for four kilometers to his house with the baby.”
Shivute said the community found the baby with the suspect in a room; they recovered her and handed her back to the mother.
They also arrested the suspect and handed him over to the police.
The suspect and the child's mother are not in a relationship.
Hilukilwa appeared before Magistrate Toini Shilongo, who denied him bail. The State was represented by prosecutor Doreen Gowases and the matter was remanded to November.
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