Ten-year sentence for cellphone robber
Ben Mndaweni (21) was sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbing a teenager of his cellphone.
Ben Mndaweni (21) was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in the Nigel Magistrate’s Court on April 14 for robbing a teenager of his cellphone at a Wi-Fi hot spot at Thandi Sibeko Secondary School in Duduza.
The incident took place on December 4.
The victim was with a number of other children using the Wi-Fi service when Mndaweni pulled out a knife and held the boy against the wall, taking his cellphone.
Duduza police members Sgt Harry Manaka and Busisiwe Mntambo traced and arrested Mndaweni later that same evening.
Det Sgt Welile Bless investigated the case and presented evidence.
