Well known fuel worker sentenced for planned armed robbery

Two men were each sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for various criminal activities while their accomplice was sentence to five years imprisonment for theft by the Tzaneen Regional Court on Thursday.

March 13, 2015

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Jean Pierie Potgieter (24) from Tzaneen, were found guilty of theft and was sentenced to five years imprisonment.

Jean Pierie Potgieter (24) from Tzaneen, Karabo Disire Lebea (29) and Lisbon Bonny Ndlala (32) both from Relela village in Bolobedu South, were found guilty of theft and each sentenced to five years imprisonment.

Lebea and Ndlala were further sentenced to 10 years imprisonment each for armed robbery and another 10 years imprisonment each for carjacking which was committed at Ga-Makanye village in the Mankweng area outside Polokwane.

There were also declared unfit to possess firearms.

Lisbon Bonny Ndlala (32) from Relela village in Bolobedu South, were found guilty of theft and was sentenced to five years imprisonment and another 10 years imprisonment for carjacking and another 10 years imprisonment each for carjacking — Lisbon Bonny Ndlala (32) from Relela village in Bolobedu South, were found guilty of theft and was sentenced to five years imprisonment and another 10 years imprisonment for carjacking and another 10 years imprisonment for armed robbery.

Two days later they committed a planned armed robbery with Potgieter in Tzaneen in which about R400 000 which was going to be deposited at the bank was shared amongst them and the three were arrested on the same day.

KaraboDisire Lebea (29) from Relela village in Bolobedu South, were found guilty of theft and sentenced to five years imprisonment. He was also sentenced 10 years improsenment for armed robbery and another 10 years for carjacking

During the arrest, part of the money was recovered and the hijacked car was also recovered in Tzaneen.

The cases were successfully investigated by the Provincial Detectives Task Team.

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March 13, 2015

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Bertus de Bruyn

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