Suspended prison sentences for SAPS members
23 October 2020
The two SAPS members found guilty on various charges including crimen injuria, defeating the ends of justice, perjury and assault, have been sentenced in the Klerksdorp Regional Court in Stilfontein today.
The two were found guilty back in June after having accused their commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Annemarie Oosthuizen, of using the k-word. Oosthuizen had instituted a disciplinary process against the two warrant-officers because they had not reported for work without having permission to do so.
Warrant officers Tikoe and Mphana were each sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment for perjury which was conditionally suspended in its entirety. Imprisonment of 24 months, also conditionally suspended in its entirety, was imposed for defeating the ends of justice. On the charge of crimen injuria a fine of R60 000, or three years’ imprisonment, was handed down, of which R30 000 and 18 have been conditionally suspended for five years.
Warrant officer Tikoe, who was also convicted on a charge of assault, was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment which was conditionally suspended in its entirety.