Four alleged farm robbers in court

FOUR men arrested over the weekend for assaulting an elderly farmer at Farm Corrigenda in the Osire District briefly appeared in the Otjiwarongo Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning.

The four are Simon Kambindu (21), Rudolf Xoagub (25), Mervin Kambindu (20), and Ismail Tjipuka (21).They were not asked to plead to the charges against them and the case was postponed to March 4 for further investigation.No bail was granted. The four men allegedly assaulted 70-year-old farmer Koitjie Opperman on Sunday.They allegedly tied him up, beat him and stole his car, six firearms and household goods.They allegedly fled the crime scene in the stolen car, but crashed it into a tree and continued on foot.The Police followed their tracks from the scene of the accident and arrested them in Otjiwarongo.All the stolen items were recovered.- NampaThe four men allegedly assaulted 70-year-old farmer Koitjie Opperman on Sunday.They allegedly tied him up, beat him and stole his car, six firearms and household goods.They allegedly fled the crime scene in the stolen car, but crashed it into a tree and continued on foot.The Police followed their tracks from the scene of the accident and arrested them in Otjiwarongo.All the stolen items were recovered.- Nampa