{"id":57973,"date":"2022-09-23T05:18:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T05:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/09\/23\/tsumeb-teen-gets-bail-after-babys-death-the-namibian\/"},"modified":"2022-09-23T05:19:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T05:19:08","slug":"tsumeb-teen-gets-bail-after-babys-death-the-namibian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/09\/23\/tsumeb-teen-gets-bail-after-babys-death-the-namibian\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsumeb teen gets bail after baby’s death – The Namibian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Yesterday, bail was granted to the Grade 10 student who was arrested after she gave birth on Sunday to a baby boy.<\/p>\n
According to police, however, the 19 year-old pupil remains in custody. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe got bail of N$2 000 and is still in custody as she is waiting for her family to collect the money for her bail,\u201d the Oshikoto regional police commander, commissioner Teopoline Kalompo-Nashikaku.<\/p>\n
Kalompo\u2013Nashikaku said that the student had allegedly given birth to a boy on Sunday evening in the hostel toilet. She then killed the infant and wrapped his body in a plastic bag. The plastic bag was then placed in a backpack that she concealed in the toilet. After being tip-offed by school pupils, the hostel matron found her bag.<\/p>\n
“After she gave up, the other children heard the baby crying, and they alerted her mother, but it was too late for the baby to be saved,” she said.<\/p>\n
The suspect appeared before Ruben Muuku, Tsumeb Magistrate\u2019s Court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n