Farmer who shot and killed alleged thief found not guilty of murder

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2025-02-08

KEETMANSHOOP, 20 August 2018 – The Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court. (Photo by: Suzith Tjitaura) NAMPA

KEETMANSHOOP, 08 FEB (NAMPA) – A farmer who allegedly shot and killed a suspected livestock thief at his farm in February 2020, was found not guilty to the crime in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court on Friday.
The man, Coenraad Barend Nolte, 63, was found not guilty of murder by Magistrate Frans Anderson, who cited that the court was satisfied that the farmer acted in self-defence when he shot 28-year-old Nankutu Faustinus Nyangana one time on his...

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