Lawyers for northern businessman Sindano Hango have filed an appeal for his conviction for rape. Hango's case was on the court roll yesterday for sentencing in the Oshakati Regional Court, but the matter had to be postponed to 28 April 2021 pending the appeal in the Supreme Court.
Hango was in February convicted of rape in the Oshakati High Court and has been on bail of N$10 000 pending his sentence. He is due to be sentenced for raping his cousin and offering her a bribe for her silence in October 2014. In the documents filed with the Oshakati High Court, Hango argues that the court erred when it found that consent is no longer a defence for the crimes committed under the combating of Rape Act 8 of 2000.
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