Man jailed for 32 years for stepdaughter's murder
A 54-year-old man found guilty of the rape and murder of his 18-year-old stepdaughter in the Mariental District in September 2013, has been jailed for 32 years.
David Kido was arrested on 19 September 2013 at the farm Jakkalsfontein in the Hardap Region, following the death of Izelda Kock.
On 26 November 2016 Kido was found guilty of rape, murder with direct intention to kill, and defeating or obstructing the course of justice.
He had shoved the girl's body into an aardvark burrow before reporting her as missing to the police.
He was further found guilty on two counts of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm for beating the girl and her friend a few days before he committed the rape and murder.
On the count of murder with direct intention to kill, Kido was sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment, of which three years were conditionally suspended for five years.
He was sentenced to 12 years on the rape charge and five years on the count of defeating the course of justice.
On the two counts of assault, Kido was sentenced to one year on each count.
Seven years of the rape sentence, plus the sentences for assault and obstruction, were ordered to run concurrently with the murder sentence.
Kido reported the girl as missing and went to see a local witchdoctor seeking advice and protection.
The witchdoctor, however, informed police officers at Mariental that someone had asked him to help cover up a murder.
The police immediately suspected Kido, and went to the farm to search for the girl. Kido then showed them where the corpse was hidden.
Kido told the police upon arrest that he had raped the girl and then beaten her to death with an iron bar and buried her because he was afraid she would tell her mother.
Advocate Cliff Litubezi appeared for the State. Titus Mbaeva defended Kido.
NAMPA
David Kido was arrested on 19 September 2013 at the farm Jakkalsfontein in the Hardap Region, following the death of Izelda Kock.
On 26 November 2016 Kido was found guilty of rape, murder with direct intention to kill, and defeating or obstructing the course of justice.
He had shoved the girl's body into an aardvark burrow before reporting her as missing to the police.
He was further found guilty on two counts of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm for beating the girl and her friend a few days before he committed the rape and murder.
On the count of murder with direct intention to kill, Kido was sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment, of which three years were conditionally suspended for five years.
He was sentenced to 12 years on the rape charge and five years on the count of defeating the course of justice.
On the two counts of assault, Kido was sentenced to one year on each count.
Seven years of the rape sentence, plus the sentences for assault and obstruction, were ordered to run concurrently with the murder sentence.
Kido reported the girl as missing and went to see a local witchdoctor seeking advice and protection.
The witchdoctor, however, informed police officers at Mariental that someone had asked him to help cover up a murder.
The police immediately suspected Kido, and went to the farm to search for the girl. Kido then showed them where the corpse was hidden.
Kido told the police upon arrest that he had raped the girl and then beaten her to death with an iron bar and buried her because he was afraid she would tell her mother.
Advocate Cliff Litubezi appeared for the State. Titus Mbaeva defended Kido.
NAMPA
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