WINDHOEK: The criminal trial of three Zimbabwean nationals accused of killing a nine year-old girl and burning her remains will commence in the Windhoek High Court on Tuesday morning.

The suspects, Edward Nkata, his wife, Caroline Nkata and Rachel Kureva, the deceased’s mother, appeared briefly before Judge Christiaan Philanda on Monday.

The trial was postponed after one of the defense lawyers, Mbanga Siyomundji was indisposed.

The trio are accused of killing Natalie Chipomho. Initially, Kureva was charged and released following the Prosecutor General’s decision to not charge her.

She was subsequently re-charged in connection with the murder.

Allegations are that the trio fatally assaulted Chipomho in January 2020, before burning and dumping her body at a dumping site in Windhoek North.

Chipomho’s charred remains were discovered by a security guard.

The state further alleges that the suspects bought paraffin and matches at a service station and burned Chipomho’s body, in an attempt to conceal her ident
ity.

Source: The Namibia Press Agency