Men appear for the rape, murder of schoolgirl

The rape and murder of a school girl four years ago that sent shock waves through the Katutura suburb of the 'Damara location' and Shandumbala had a sequel in the Windhoek High Court this week.The two accused, the then 24-year-old Fransiscus Dimitri Narimab and Ruben Fritz, 17 at the time of the incident, allegedly killed Alwina Uri-Khos during the evening of 28 and 29 March 2013 between Shandumbala and Western Bypass. During that fateful night Uri-Khos was allegedly in the company of Narimab and Fritz where they were socialising at different shebeens in Shandumbala.The two accused made a brief appearance with a request from one of the defence lawyers for postponement to today.Mbanga Siyomuinyi requested for postponement as he had received instructions to appear on behalf of Narimab at very short notice on Friday of last week. Acting Judge Boas Uusiku consequently postponed the matter to today for plea and trial.Narimab and Fritz are being charged with murder, three counts of rape, robbery with aggravating circumstances and defeating or obstructing the course of justice. They both allegedly on three occasions raped Uri-Khos. On the charge of robbery with aggravating circumstances it is alleged that they threw Uri-Khos to the ground, hit her with stones and other unknown objects and strangled her with the intention to rob her and took from her a cell phone, SIM card, pair of shoes and a pair of trousers.It is further alleged the two men destroyed the SIM card and sold the cellphone. The state also charges that they instructed the mother of Fritz to give false information to the police. They requested her to tell the police that Fritz never left her home during the evening of 28 March up to the morning of 29 March 2013. She was also allegedly instructed to hide her son's health passport in a pipe in a riverbed and to sell and/or dispose of the shoes and trousers of the deceased.According to the indictment after socialising at different shebeens in Shandumbala the accused took Uri-Khos to a busy area between Shandumbala and Western Bypass.Fritz, with the assistance and encouragement of Narimab raped Uri-Khos twice and Narimab is said to have raped her once.They allegedly killed her by strangling her, hitting her with rocks on the head and due to the blunt force impact trauma she died at the scene.The state further maintains that the accused acted with common purpose at all material times. FRED GOEIEMAN

Men appear for the rape, murder of schoolgirl

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Namibian Sun 2025-09-19

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Men appear for the rape, murder of schoolgirl

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