A MOTORIST convicted on reckless and negligent driving and pointing a firearm at a law enforcement officer in December has had his driver’s licence suspended for six months and was fined R16 000 or two years imprisonment.
Sphelele Mkhize was sentenced in the Richards Bay Magistrate’s Court last week on two charges: for reckless and negligent driving and fined R15 000 and for pointing of anything which is likely to lead a person to believe it is a firearm, R1 000.
The 35-year-old was travelling on Dune Road in Meerensee on the 12 December and failed to stop at a roadblock and was pursued by traffic officers.
When the law enforcement officer gave chase into Mzingazi, the motorist pointed the firearm at the official and he was arrested when he stopped outside a tavern.
