Matricide convict to be sentenced in November

Judge Christi Liebenberg on Monday said he will be ready to sentence the man recently convicted of killing his own mother with an axe in Otjimbingwe in November 2013.

The judge at the beginning of October found Siegfried Uirab – who admitted killing his mother with an axe at her residence in Otjimbingwe – guilty of murder with direct intent in the Windhoek High Court, albeit with diminished criminal responsibility.

He was also convicted of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm (GBH), as well as assault common. Uirab previously underwent two mental observations that declared him fit to stand trial, as he understands court proceedings and can differentiate between right and wrong.

But, it was declared in the mental report, because of extended abuse of alcohol and cannabis, he had “diminished capacity”.