At least one school burglar will be off the streets for some time after being slapped with six years of direct imprisonment.
SCHOOL BURGLAR TO SPEND A FEW GOOD YEARS IN JAIL
“Sizwe Tshabalala, 33, (school burglar) of Extension Ten Ivory Park was sentenced to an effective six years in prison by the Tembisa Magistrate Court on Friday,” confirmed Ivory Park Police spokesperson Captain Ben Matimulane.
“Tshabalala, considered a serial thief, was caught by security officers of the said school while he was busy stealing stationery and foodstuffs from the school.”
Matimulane
IVORY PARK SAPS BOSS WELCOMES THE SENTENCE
This considerable sentence was welcomed by the Station Commander of the Ivory Park SAPS.
“He has welcomed the sentencing last Friday of a local man for burglary at the JB Matabane Secondary School which happened in August last year,” said Captain Matimulane.
He added: “Seeing that he had been seen, Tshabalala dropped the items and fled but was caught while still in the school’s grounds”.
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“We are glad and proud that once he was assigned the docket, Detective Constable Elvis Mangena made a thorough background check on Tshabalala, thus ensuring that bail was successfully denied and that he underwent the entire trial while in jail,” said Brigadier David Mbongeni Ngcobo, the Ivory Park SAPS station commander.
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Brigadier Ngcobo further congratulated Mangena for the sentencing, adding that sentences, although meted by the courts, rely heavily on the amount of evidence gathered by the police.
Brigadier Ngcobo concluded that the local schools will be delighted to know that one of the people who were bothering them has been withdrawn from their community for some time.
This is a developing story.
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