Prosecutor seeks 28 years for girlfriend's killer in Windhoek
Tjizake Murangi, who admitted stabbing his former girlfriend Frieda Amadhila, faces a sentence decision on 27 November.
A prosecutor asked the Windhoek High Court for a 28-year effective prison term for Tjizake Murangi, 25, a fitness instructor who admitted murdering his former girlfriend. State advocate Ian Malumani made the suggestion on the charges of housebreaking with intent to murder and murder. Defence lawyer Mbanga Siyomunji had proposed 20 years.
Murangi admitted breaking into the Windhoek flat of Frieda Amadhila, 29, a bank employee, on the night of 7 to 8 April 2024 and killing her. The state alleged she was stabbed and cut at least 15 times. Murangi also admitted assaulting her in January 2024, defrauding her and her sister in a communal land sale, and stealing four head of cattle.
Judge Claudia Claasen postponed sentencing to 27 November after final oral arguments. Murangi testified in mitigation that he realised he could have reacted differently, and said he was not claiming self-defence.
Why it mattersMurangi's sentence will decide how long he is jailed for killing Amadhila, a bank employee, and for the fraud and cattle theft he admitted against her and her sister.