BIUST employees imprisoned for theft
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
One of the accused Molefi Pholo was a messenger/driver at the university. Raymond Balopi, Kabelo Aron, Ditiro Majeremane are Pholo’s co-accused who were labourers at the university, while another co-accused Shadreck Maenzanise is unemployed.
According to the state, the five faced a single count of stealing by a servant. They were all found guilty as charged. Pholo was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment while the other four were sentenced to 12 months each, all without suspension.
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