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Two Windhoek Street Robbers Sent Straight to Jail

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Original Post Date: 2010-07-30 Time: 12:00:04  Posted By: News Poster

By Werner Menges

TWO street robbers who chose women as their victims were sent straight to prison at the end of their trials in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura this week.

Windhoek residents Raymond Matroos and Johannes Shikongo – both 22 years old, unemployed and the father of two children – were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and 18 months in jail respectively, after each of them had been convicted on a charge of robbery.

Magistrate Conchita Olivier sent Matroos back to prison a mere six days after he had managed to secure his release on bail of N$500. Matroos had been in custody for a year since his arrest on July 5 last year, before he managed to pay his bail on Thursday last week.

He was charged with robbing a woman, Sarah Maureen Geingos, in Katutura on July 3 last year. During the robbery, in which Geingos was thrown to the ground, a jacket, a pair of boots, cash of N$150 and a cellphone were stolen from her.

Matroos initially pleaded guilty when his trial started on Tuesday, but then claimed he knew nothing about the case in which he was charged. After the magistrate heard evidence in the ensuing trial, she convicted Matroos as charged.

She sentenced him on Wednesday to 36 months’ imprisonment, of which 12 months were suspended for a period of three years on condition Matroos does not again commit the crime of robbery during the period of suspension. Shikongo was accused of robbing Annastasia Ekandjo in Katutura on July 2 this year.

He pleaded guilty to the charge on Tuesday. He told the court that he threatened to assault Ekandjo, and that she then put the items she had with her on the ground. He then stole her handbag, a cellphone, two pairs of earrings and a computer memory stick from her, he admitted.

Original Source: The Namibian (Windhoek)
Original date published: 30 July 2010

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201007300504.html?viewall=1