Brothers’ killer awaits sentencing
A Man convicted of murdering his brother at Rehoboth in November 2021, nine years after he had been sent to prison for killing one of his other brothers, is due to be sentenced in the High Court in four weeks’ time. Judge Dinnah Usiku postponed the sentencing of Riaan van Wyk (46) to 10 July […] The post Brothers’ killer awaits sentencing appeared first on The Namibian .
A Man convicted of murdering his brother at Rehoboth in November 2021, nine years after he had been sent to prison for killing one of his other brothers, is due to be sentenced in the High Court in four weeks’ time.
Judge Dinnah Usiku postponed the sentencing of Riaan van Wyk (46) to 10 July after hearing testimony and oral arguments in the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility yesterday.
Van Wyk was found guilty on charges of murder and attempted murder a month ago.
Usiku found that he murdered one of his brothers, Frederik van Wyk (47), at Rehoboth on 13 November 2021 by stabbing him in the heart.
The stabbing took place after Frederik tried to intervene in a scuffle in which Riaan and another man were involved.
The judge also convicted Van Wyk on a count of attempted murder, involving another of his brothers, who was also stabbed at Rehoboth on 13 November 2021, after he had asked Van Wyk why he had stabbed their brother.
