Cattle thief sentenced to 10 years in prison
The accused was convicted of stock theft, and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for the Elandslaagte theft and five years for the Besters theft
Thokozani Charles Thwala, also known as “Teacher Thwala” (36), was recently sentenced to prison time by the Ladysmith Regional Court for having been involved in the theft of cattle in two separate incidents.
On March 29 last year, Thwala was arrested by police after he was found to have sold 14 stolen cattle to a speculator in Newcastle.
Further investigation by the Ladysmith Stock Theft Unit revealed that seven of the cattle were stolen at Lusitania, Elandslaagte, days earlier, while the other seven were stolen in Kleinfontein, Besters, during December 2015.
The accused was convicted of stock theft, and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for the Elandslaagte theft and five years for the Besters theft. He was also declared unfit to possess a firearm.
KwaZulu-Natal Acting Provincial Commissioner Major General Bheki Langa praised the team for securing the conviction in court. “These sentences prove that our stock theft units will make sure that offenders are locked behind bars for a very long time,” he said.
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