Namibia: Serial Rapist Sentenced to 57 Years

Serial rapist Gavin Gawanab has been sentenced to an accumulative 57 years and three months in prison for a string of rapes, attempted rapes, and assaults on young women and children, Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku ruled yesterday.

Judge Usiku said, “Long custodial sentences under these circumstances would not be shockingly inappropriate, as this court needs to send the right message that crimes of rape will be dealt with harshly, and offenders must expect to be dealt with accordingly.”