Namibia: Hange Gets 32 Years for Murder

17 April 2015

"I am not persuaded that this is an instance where the accused deserves mercy and where a partly suspended sentence would be appropriate," Judge Christi Liebenberg said before he sentenced Richard Hange, 27, to 32 years imprisonment for murder with direct intent.

Hange was last week Friday convicted of the brutal and "senseless" killing of the mother of his child, Lisa Kandovazu, in the Windhoek High Court. According to the judge, Hange trapped the deceased in a locked bedroom and used a lethal weapon leaving her with no chance to defend herself against the brutal attack.

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