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Four-year-old severely injured in dog attack Eliphas Sheepo
A vicious attack by a black Staffordshire bull terrier has left a four-year-old victim hospitalised with severe open wounds on her lower right leg. The incident occurred on Friday, 27 January at Olivia Haufiku Street near the Mondesa clinic, Swakopmund. Eyewitnesses say the dog, named Pedro, was released from his leash by an acquaintance of the owner who thought it was choking. This led to the dog running off and the subsequent attack of the little girl. The dog has since been seized into the custody of the Swakopmund Municipality's Animal Control Department, which is testing it for rabies since there is no proof of vaccination. It has been confirmed that Pedro will be put down. This is the third incident reported against this dog and the owner had received a warning from the Municipality of Swakopmund's Animal Control Department just two days before this last incident occurred.
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Grant Noble one of the two men sentenced to twelve years in prison last year for drug smuggling, submitted an application for leave to appeal at the High Court in Windhoek.
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The appeal application of Nobel appeared before Windhoek High Court Judge Orben Sibeya on Thursday, 26 January. Five years of his twelve-year sentence were suspended as he has been in custody since 2018. He will therefore effectively serve seven years in prison. Grant Noble and his co-convict, Dinah Azhar, were convicted on one count of dealing in cocaine. They are also charged with one count of money laundering, but were acquitted on that charge as the judge found it constituted a duplication. Noble and Azhar who were arrested on 15 June 2018 after a container they imported was found loaded with 412kg of cocaine with a Namibian streetmarket value of about N$206 million. That is the largest single consignment of cocaine to have been confiscated in Namibia to date. The cocaine was found after customs officials had received a tip-off about drugs being shipped to Walvis Bay in a container. The container had been shipped from Brazil, via Cape Town, to Walvis Bay, and was imported by a close corporation, Zeeki Trading CC, of which Noble is the sole member. Windhoek High Court Judge Sibeya still needs to set a date on which the trial will resume.
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