{"id":312894,"date":"2022-01-16T18:48:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T16:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=312894"},"modified":"2022-01-16T18:48:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T16:48:53","slug":"man-20-hangs-himself-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=312894","title":{"rendered":"Man (20) hangs himself in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zorena Jantze<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>THE body of George Shitima Kativa, aged 20 years old, was found in a prison cell after he allegedly hanged himself after he could not pay a fine for his release from prison.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Nampol spokesperson Chief Inspector Elifas Kuwinga, the incident happened on Thursday at about 13:00 at the Evaristus Shikongo Correctional Facility in Tsumeb.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that the deceased was supposed to be released from prison by paying a fine but he did not have enough money to pay.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was taken back to the cell, only to be discovered later hanging from the burglar bars of the bathroom window with a jersey around his neck by fellow inmates.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The deceased was sentenced on 26 November 2021 for assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to a N$5 000 fine or 24 months imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he was also sentenced for malicious damage to property and was fined N$1 000 or six months imprisonment.<br \/>The deceased was also required to pay a fine of N$1 000 or spend three months in prison for drug possession.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The body was taken to the Tsumeb Police Mortuary for a post mortem.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>File photo for illustrative purposes only.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zorena Jantze \u00a0 THE body of George Shitima Kativa, aged 20 years old, was found in a prison cell after he allegedly hanged himself after he could not pay a fine for his release from prison. \u00a0 According to Nampol spokesperson Chief Inspector Elifas Kuwinga, the incident happened on Thursday at about 13:00 at the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":312895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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