Please do not send me to jail: Lenasia land seller

[James]

Mandla Dlamini, convicted of fraudulently selling land in Lenasia, pleaded with the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Monday not to send him to prison.

"I will do anything, including paying back the money owed to the complainants, but please do not send me to prison," Dlamini said through a statement provided by a correctional officer.

A bricklayer by training, the grey-haired 75-year-old sat motionless in the dock listening to proceedings.
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[Ike_009]

Send him and shouldn't he pay back the money regardless

 

[HavocXphere]

Huh? Surely he gets both jail time for fraud *and* is required to compensate his victims for harm done?

 

[Glordit]

"I will do anything, including paying back the money owed to the complainants, but please do not send me to prison,"