Four foreign national sentenced to eight years in jail
Loyiso Langeni
12
September 2014
This week four foreign nationals were
sentenced to eight years in jail by the Kagiso Magistrate
Court
The four are from Rwandan, Tanzania Uganda
The National Prosecuting Authority called
on foreign nationals who are granted asylum to respect the sovereignty of the
country and not abuse their status.
NPA Spokesperson Nathi Mncube said the
sentenced was as follow the accused were sentenced to eight years imprisonment for
the attempted murder.
Mncube added that they were sentenced to five years imprisonment
for the possession of firearm and also another two years for the possession of
ammunition
"The magistrate then decided to say that all
the sentence will run concurrently, which means that they will serve eight
years effectively in custody and when they finished their sentence they will
have to be deported back to their country." Mncube said.
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