Staff Reporter
THE trial of rape suspect and former SWAPO parliamentary member Steve Biko Booys is scheduled to begin on July 28, 2023, in Windhoek’s regional court before Magistrate Leopold Hangalo.
The former Okahandja Councilor was arrested in February 2021 for allegedly raping a 20-year-old girl and has been in custody since his arrested, kept at the Seeis police station.
According to the State, Booys raped the 20-year-old at his Okahandja house on January 16 and 17. It is also claimed that the complainant was raped when she was under the influence, intoxicating liquor, or a drug that rendered her mentally incompetent.
Booys informed the court at his bail hearing that the complainant was at his residence on the two days in issue. He admitted to having beverages at his place but denied providing alcohol to the girl.
Although Booys denied any communication with the victim, the State argued that it had proof in the form of mobile phone records and message copies that indicate Booys routinely contacted the complaint from 18 January to 2 February.
The prosecution also argues that the mobile phone communications exchanged between him and his claimed victim demonstrated that their interaction was exclusively regarding the rape charges levelled against him.
