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Former Oshakati magistrate Theron appealing two-year sentence

Former Oshakati magistrate Theron appealing two-year sentence

Written by Simon Endjala on 09 December 2019.

WINDHOEK, 09 DEC (NAMPA) – Former Oshakati magistrate Melanie Theron, who was in September this year sent to jail for an effective total of two years on charges of corruption, has been allowed to appeal against her direct custodial sentence.
The former magistrate was on 13 September 2019 sentenced to an effective two years imprisonment on 16 counts of corruption, fraud, bribery and extortion stemming from allegations that she used her office for gratification when she solicited and accepted a number of brib ...

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