Pierneef painting thief sentenced
Publish date: 30 March 2007
Issue Number: 1796
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: In Court
The thief who stole part of a R2.5m Pierneef painting from the SABC in Auckland Park has been sentenced to eight years in jail, a report on the IoL site says.
David Brett Urbasch (43), who confessed to stealing the oil painting from the SABC two years ago, was sentenced in the Newlands Regional Court in Johannesburg. Police and independent investigators were still looking for a missing part of the painting. Full report on the IoL site
