Court in Brief

Vehicle break-in/house robbery
Oslyn Eagam Varrie (25) from Reiger Park was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, wholly suspended for five years, on September 5 for being in possession of a vehicle and/or house robbery implements.

He pleaded guilty and was found guilty on September 5.

Varrie was found in possession of a crowbar, two knives, two AGS bullets, a pellet gun and multiple rounds of pellets, a screwdriver, pepper spray and a smash-and-grab device on March 12 when stopped by police officers.

Magistrate Havenga presided and prosecutor Lingani represented the State.

Contravening the Immigration Act
José Matimba (31) from Ramaphosa was sentenced to 10 days imprisonment on September 5 for being in the country without valid documentation.

The Malawian citizen pleaded guilty and was found guilty of being in contravention of Section 49 (1)(a) of the Immigration Act 13 of 2002 on September 5.

Magistrate Havenga presided and prosecutor Lingani represented the State.

Assault
Simon Dambuza (33) from Ramaphosa informal settlement was sentenced to an effective 24 months behind bars for assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm and for contravening the Immigration Act.

Dambuza pleaded guilty and was found guilty on August 3.

He assaulted his girlfriend on August 28, 2021, by hitting her with a hammer. He was also in the country without legal documentation.

Dambuza said in court he found his girlfriend sitting with a man in his home. He started shouting at her. The man ran away and he then hit his girlfriend with a hammer in the face.

He was sentenced to three years imprisonment, of which eighteen months were suspended for five years, for assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm and six months imprisonment for contravention of the Immigration Act.

Magistrate Havenga presided and prosecutor Lingani represented the State.

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