SWAKOPMUND: A 38-year-old man who was accused of rape at Walvis Bay reportedly committed suicide after threats to the victim if she reported the incident.
The incident occurred on Tuesday, when the deceased allegedly hung himself in the garage of the house where he was staying.
The Namibian Police spokesperson in the Erongo Region, Chief Inspector Ileni Shapumba, in a crime report on Wednesday said the rape incident allegedly occurred on Monday, when the suspect reportedly called the victim to the house to assist him with a window that is usually stuck.
According to the victim, after they closed the window, the suspect reportedly locked the door to the house, grabbed her by the neck, followed by other acts of force, pushed her into the bathroom and proceeded to have sexual acts with her under coercive circumstances.
‘Afterwards he threatened to kill himself if the victim reports the matter,’ Shapumba said.
The victim returned to her flat and informed someone who called the police, who immediately attende
d to her and rushed her to the hospital for medical examination.
The suspect, who was a nephew to the owner of the house, was allegedly not found at the house and was not arrested at the time. On Tuesday, at about 15h00, the police at Narraville attended to a suicide incident reported at the same house where the reported rape incident took place.
The deceased was identified as a man who, according to the police, was recently released from a correctional facility after serving 10 years in custody on another rape case.
Police investigations are ongoing.
Source: The Namibia Press Agency