Caroline with Rachel One of the Zimbabwean women charged with murdering a nine year old girl in Namibia has appeared in court and said...
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| Caroline with Rachel |
One of the Zimbabwean women charged with murdering a nine
year old girl in Namibia has appeared in court and said she will plead guilty.
Caroline Nkata appeared briefly at the Windhoek
Magistrate’s Court alongside her co-accused, Rachel Kureva, the mother of the
young murder victim. Caroline said that she
will conduct her own defence once the murder trial gets underway.
According to the newspaper, Informante, Caroline said her
husband and the third accused, Edward Nkata,was the mastermind behind the
murder of Natalie Chipomho . She said that he was the one who beat the young
girl to death.
“I did not beat the
child. My husband forced me to go with him when he was disposing of the body.
He beat the child, but I was present when he did it.
When she died, he forced me to help him dump and burn the
body. I witnessed the commissioning of these crimes but I did not commit them.
I am, however, guilty to that extent. The child was beaten at home but I cannot
say I was forced to be at home because that is where I live,” she said.
Caroline also said that she was present when her husband
went to buy paraffin to burn and dispose of the child’s body in the rubbish
bin.
Kureva, on the other hand, informed the court that she
intends to solicit the services of a private legal representative.
The deceased’s biological father is currently on his way to
Namibia from Zimbabwe.
The state, opposed bail on the grounds of the seriousness
of the offense, flight risk and that it would not be in the interest of the
public and justice. The state also fears that the suspects might interfere with
investigations.
The presiding Magistrate, Ndapewa Celma Amadhila, postponed
the matter until 17 April for further police investigations, in which time the
case of Edward will be added to that of the two women.
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