Namibia: Group Accused of Illegal Berseba Coronation Asks for Acquittal

Three of the 21 people accused of illegally installing a traditional leader at Berseba in the //Kharas region near the end of 2016 were found not guilty in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court today.

Magistrate Murray Shikongo discharged John Jakobus Goliath, Josef Dominikus Swartbooi and Willie Rooi after hearing oral arguments on an application for their acquittal, and also that of their co-accused, following the closing of the state's case in their trial.

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