Namibia: Koës Strangler Asks Court for Mercy

22 November 2010

MERCY and forgiveness - that is what Koës strangler Berendt Both wants from the judge who will be sentencing him on counts of murder and attempted rape at the end of this month.

"Even the heavenly Father forgives those who trespass and has mercy on them. That's why I ask this court to apply the same principles in sentencing," Both told Judge Collins Parker from the dock in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday. He made his plea for judicial absolution after his defence lawyer, Unanisa Hengari, had addressed the judge on the sentence that is to be imposed on Both on the two charges on which Judge Parker has found him guilty.

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