Sentencing today for LeisureNet CEs
To allow acting Judge Dirk Uijs time to study documents handed in by the State, the sentencing of two former LeisureNet CEs, Peter Gardener and Rod Mitchell, was postponed until today (Thursday) in the Cape High court.
They were found guilty in February of fraud against the company, involving R12m. Gardener and Mitchell agreed to a forfeiture order on the R6m they each received in an underhand gym deal. The agreement was announced by their advocate, Francois van Zyl, as sentencing procedures got under way. Prosecutor Bruce Morrison handed in a draft forfeiture order under the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, which he said he would ask Uijs to formalise once he had passed sentence, says a report on the FIN24 site.
Full report on the FIN24 site
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