The conviction and sentencing of a man who was involved in a scheme to steal expensive dialysis equipment has been welcomed by the Secunda Hawks, reports The Citizen.
The arrest of the Mpumalanga man (38) came after he had attempted to persuade the manager of a Trichardt medical facility to help arrange the theft of the life-saving equipment – worth nearly R47 000.
Thabiso Mokwana’s sentence was handed down in the Evander Regional Court last week, after the successful sting operation by the Hawks in Mpumalanga.
He was sentenced to a R6 000 fine or two years’ imprisonment for corruption; 18 months’ imprisonment, wholly suspended for five years, for conspiracy and inducing another person to commit a crime; and two years’ imprisonment, wholly suspended for five years, for theft.
In May 2024, the manager of the dialysis institution had alerted the Hawks after Mokwana approached him with a proposal to steal dialysis consumables from the facility in exchange for R5 000.
He was subsequently arrested after he had loaded the stolen machine into his car.
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