Leniency for Namibia's 'Merciless' Parent Killer

The 48-year prison term to which Windhoek's then teenager, Romeo Schiefer was sentenced after being convicted of the murder of his parents at their home in 2008, has been reduced.

Three judges of the Supreme Court today reduced the sentence of Romeo Schiefer, who was convicted of killing both his parents at their home in 2008.

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