Namibia: Security Guard Sentenced to 15 Years in Jail After Attempt to Rape Child in City

A man found guilty of abducting and attempting to rape a five-year-old girl in Windhoek at the end of 2020 has been sentenced to an effective prison term of 15 years.

Although the girl that Aloys Sipapo tried to rape was not physically injured by him and was detained by him for only a short period of time, those facts do not warrant a deviation from a prescribed sentence of at least 15 years’ imprisonment as stipulated by the Combating of Rape Act, magistrate Esme Molefe said during Sipapo’s…