Namibia: Confessed Killer Also Guilty of Rape, Attempted Murder

A farmworker from Omaheke region, who had admitted to murdering his girlfriend by stabbing her 13 times and crushing her skull with an axe during October 2016, has been found guilty of the rape and attempted murder of another woman.

Windhoek High Court acting Judge Eileen Rakow convicted the 29-year-old Benedictus Koper for raping and attempting to murder another woman at Karasburg in November 2014. Koper, who had denied the charges at the start of his trial, has also been convicted of murdering his girlfriend and defeating the course of justice.

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