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Murder case admissions ruled out as evidence

Source: The Namibian · 2026-11-05T13:32:20.000Z · World

Murder case admissions ruled out as evidence

Oral admissions allegedly made by one of the men accused of robbing and murdering a Windhoek resident in his flat in March 2024 cannot be used by the state as evidence in the trial about the incident, a High Court judge has ruled. While the state may not use oral admissions allegedly made by murder and robbery accused Abast Muya as evidence in his trial, it can use evidence about scenes that Muya allegedly pointed out to a police officer, judge Dinnah Usiku concluded in a ruling delivered in the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility on Monday. Usiku found

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