Gawaxab gets 37 years for horrific stabbing of woman at bar
Written by Simon Endjala on 17 October 2018.WINDHOEK, 17 OCT (NAMPA) – A Windhoek resident found guilty last month in the High Court for stabbing a woman he met at a bar in the Khomasdal residential area 14 times in August 2015, was on Wednesday sentenced to an effective 37 years.
Elwin Gawaxab, 38, was imprisoned on a charge of murder with direct intention to kill for the stabbing of Cathy Marlene Gatonye.
The late Gatonye, 40, originally from Otjiwarongo, had her chest sliced open during the stabbings and some of her internal organs were exposed wh ...