Girlfriend must be charged � convict says

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Mlungisi Dlamini, convicted of unlawful possession of government trophy wants his girlfriend to be re-charged for the same offence.

Dlamini together with his fellow convict Molataemang Mazwimbo yesterday appeared before Court Of Appeal Judge President Ian Kirby wanting leave to appeal their conviction and sentence.

Dlamini and his co-accused were charged and sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the magistrate court and later their sentence increased to 10 years by the High Court during an appeal. Dlamini, during his heads of argument submissions when asked by Kirby, said he wanted his girlfriend to be brought back and charged again as complicit to the crime.

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