An 88-year-old pensioner, Gustav Willem, from Okahanya village in the Oshikoto Region, was denied bail this morning at the Ondangwa Magistrate's Court after appearing for the alleged rape of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old grandchild last Tuesday. 

Willem faces a charge of murder and rape read with GBV, and his case has been postponed to April 3 this year. 

It's alleged that the 3-year-old and two other minors, ages 2 and 7, went to fetch water at their grandmother's partner's house.