A 29-year-old Thomas Bhekumuzi Masina, who was arrested for allegedly setting alight the detectives’ offices at Dullstroom, received a 12 months sentence yesterday at the Belfast Regional Court on a charge of possession of stolen property.
Masina was found with vehicle registration certificates of two vehicles and a sound system which were stolen during a burglary at a certain house around Dullstroom when the police searched his house during the arson arrest.
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He was granted twelve months jail sentence of which six months suspended for three years.
The sentencing was granted with an option of R6 500 fine of which R4 500 was suspended for five years.
Masina is still expected to appear before the Dullstroom Periodical Court on July 4, 2017 for a formal bail application for torching the detectives’ offices.
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