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- 1998: Yengeni registers a Mercedes Benz ML320 in his name, with the help of a 47% discount provided by a company linked to the country's controversial arms deal. The green SUV 4x4 led to his fraud conviction and four-year jail sentence - of which he served five months.
- November 2001: While facing the fraud trial he trades in the ML320 on a demo model red Volvo C70 convertible costing R330000.
- 2003: Brett Kebble offers to buy Yengeni a new car, the Volvo is traded in and he gets a top-of-the-range Land Rover bought and financed by Friedshelf 350 (Pty) Ltd. JCI Limited was the sole shareholder of Friedshelf.
- October 2005: Cape Town newspapers report a blue Maserati allegedly driven by "TS Yengeni" crashed into a Mercedes-Benz in the city.
- November 25 2007: Yengeni drives a BMW M5 on to a traffic island in Goodwood, Cape Town, and is arrested for alleged drunken driving while on parole in the fraud case. He is acquitted thanks to a police cover-up that saw Goodwood station commander Siphiwo Hewana convicted of defeating the ends of justice because evi-dence and the blood sample were tampered with.
- August 22 2010: Yengeni has an accident in a Maserati GranTurismo on a freeway in Cape Town.
- July 2012: Yengeni is caught driving a Maserati in Cape Town without a front number plate and a valid licence disc. He was fined R300 for not displaying the disc.
- August 11 2013: Traffic police arrest Yengeni near Cubana restaurant in Green Point - where he often entertains friends - for alleged drunk driving in a Maserati. Unconfirmed reports claimed he was well over the limit.
According to the fraudster Yengeni, three sips make him paralytically drunk:
Yengeni has insisted that he had just three sips of African beer on the day of his arrest and that he was not intoxicated. This, despite his blood alcohol showing he was five times over the legal limit.
And that was a 10 in the morning:
He was again tripped up on the stand when questioned about his testimony that he had left Gugulethu to go to Greenpoint at 6pm that evening.
Snyman said he was arrested after 10pm, so “where are those missing four hours?”
Yengeni replied: “I left much later than that. I am saying that if I said 6 it must have been a slip of the tongue.”
In that case, he was acquitted, and the Goodwood police station commander was fired and convicted of defeating the administration of justice for tampering with Yengeni’s blood sample.
Tony Yengeni: My case is being handled differently because of who I am
The ANC NEC member insists he was not drunk when he was arrested and questions whether his case was expedited.
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Die Burger reported on Tuesday that Yengeni was pulled over by metro police officials in Green Point when they noticed he did not appear to have proper control of his car.
He was accompanied by two women at the time, according to the report.
Yengeni's wife, Lumka, told Die Burger she knew who the two women are, but would not give their names.
A breathalyser test found Yengeni had 0.69mg of alcohol per 1 000ml of air. The legal limit is 0.24mg per 1 000ml. He was arrested on a charge of drunken driving and spent the night in the holding cells at Cape Town central police station.
Yengeni was not targeted, say Cape Town police
The City of Cape Town says the cops who pulled Tony Yengeni over for drunk driving had reasons to do so and did not target him.
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Great role models you have Champ.
