High Court hears child murder cases

A young man facing a charge of murdering his infant son and attempted murder of the child's mother made a brief appearance before the Windhoek High Court last week.Dawid Amseb (24) is accused of intentionally killing his three-month-old son, Dube Morao, on 30 March 2017 after a vicious assault on Asina Ismelda Morao, the baby's mother. The incident took place at Gobabis.According to the State, Morao was breastfeeding her son when an argument erupted between her and Amseb.“The accused grabbed the complainant by her throat and strangled her, and suffocated her and pushed her,” the charge sheet reads.When Morao managed to free herself from Amseb's grip, he allegedly grabbed his three-month-old son and threw him to the ground.The boy was taken to a nearby hospital but died from head injuries later that day.Judge Nate Ndauendapo postponed the case to 22 March for further case management. The mind of a motherZenobia Seas, a woman in her early 30s who stands accused of killing her two-year-old daughter Ava Owoses in September 2016, was absent when the case was heard by the High Court on Wednesday last week.Defence lawyer Mpokiseng Dube told Judge Ndauendapo that Seas had undergone surgery in Walvis Bay recently and had been placed on bed rest until 20 February. In October last year, it was reported that during Seas's second failed bail application before Swakopmund Magistrate Conchita Oliver, Dube informed the court that his client that had been diagnosed with appendicitis that required urgent surgery.He did not confirm last week whether her recent surgery was related to that condition. At the request of state prosecutor Antonia Verhoef, Dube informed Judge Ndauendapo that his client intended to apply for a psychiatric evaluation in the coming weeks. Dube said further details would be communicated at Seas's next court appearance, set down for 22 March. He further told the court that she had previously been evaluated by a clinical psychologist and the report was filed with the court.Seas is accused of smothering Owoses in her car, 100km north of Henties Bay in September 2016. The case was transferred from the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court to the Windhoek High Court in October last year.Seas, who was employed at Husab Mine at the time of the incident, allegedly drove from Swakopmund with her toddler to Mile 108, where she suffocated her daughter with a cloth. Following the alleged murder, she tried to commit suicide.Police traced her via her mobile phone and arrested her at the scene of the crime.It was reported at the time that Seas had confessed the murder in a diary that was found at the scene.She blamed her actions on her former partner and the father of Owoses, Immanuel Owoseb, who had begun a new relationship. Shortly before her arrest, she had allegedly sent a text message to Owoseb informing him that she had killed his daughter. JANA-MARI SMITH

High Court hears child murder cases

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Namibian Sun 2025-07-14

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