Namibia: Strangler Awaits Kidnapping Charge Verdict

SELF-CONFESSED strangler Petrus Gabriel Jr should hear at the start of next week if he is also convicted of kidnapping, in addition to the murder charge on which he pleaded guilty this week.

Gabriel's defence lawyer, Willem Visser, argued in the Windhoek High Court yesterday that Gabriel should not be found guilty on a charge of kidnapping, on which he denied guilt on Monday. State advocate Ethel Ndlovu, however, asked Judge Alfred Siboleka to find Gabriel guilty of kidnapping as well.

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