Namibia: Reduced Charges for Alleged Kidnappers

THE four people accused in a kidnapping and assault case being heard in the Swakopmund Regional Court have been relieved of a charge of racial discrimination, while an attempted murder charge has also been reduced to a count of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

The charges were reduced after defence lawyer Boris Isaacks last month succeeded with an application to have the four accused found not guilty on the racial discrimination charge they were facing.

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