A 30-year-old resident of a farm in the Grootfontein area appeared in the Grootfontein Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of rape and murder in the wake of the death of his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter last week.
Dawid Tsanigab was arrested on Thursday, after his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter, Rita Koses, was found dead at the farm Highland near Grootfontein on February 5. The Namibian Police’s Public Relations and Liaison Division said it is alleged that the child’s mother had left her in Tsanigab’s care, and that she found her dead when she returned home.A post-mortem allegedly showed that the child had bruises all over her body, sparking suspicions that she might have been mistreated before her death, while other injuries led to suspicions that she had been sexually molested.Tsanigab made a first court appearance on charges of rape and murder before Magistrate André le Roux on Monday.His case was postponed to May 8 for further investigation, and he was remanded in custody until then.The Namibian Police’s Public Relations and Liaison Division said it is alleged that the child’s mother had left her in Tsanigab’s care, and that she found her dead when she returned home.A post-mortem allegedly showed that the child had bruises all over her body, sparking suspicions that she might have been mistreated before her death, while other injuries led to suspicions that she had been sexually molested.Tsanigab made a first court appearance on charges of rape and murder before Magistrate André le Roux on Monday.His case was postponed to May 8 for further investigation, and he was remanded in custody until then.
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