Court sends Eskom cable thieves to jail for 12 and 15 years each

[Jan]

Eskom cable thieves get major jail time

Bronkhorstspruit Regional Court sentenced two cable thieves arrested for stealing over four kilometres of Eskom's aluminium cables in 2018 to over a decade in prison.

According to a statement from the state-owned power utility, one of the perpetrators, Anye Valentine Nkwenti, received a 15-year sentence, and the other, Happy Dube, got 12 years.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Good news for once!

 

[Dan C]

Dube must be unHappy now

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Good news for once!

will get parole in 4,

 

[dualmeister]

will get parole in 4,

If not 1 year.

 

[Virex]

Released by next year most likely

 

[AlphaJohn]

Jails are full, they will be out in 3-6 month again

 

[grok]

Can't they send the Zuma/Gupta thieves to jail for similar or preferable longer periods?

Seems like they're just escapegoating with these sentences, while the real crooks get expedited citizenship & medical parole..

 

[Hemi300c]

Less time severed if they weren't out on bail.

 

[mpdjhb]

Not so Happy now - just worried about Valentine....
Anyway - they will be out long before load shedding is fixed so can go back to their old ways then.