DURBAN - A habitual thief has been sentenced to a R3000 fine or three months imprisonment for housebreakings and theft in Pietermaritzburg in 2019.
The Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court sentenced Desmond Jones, 47, to for housebreaking and theft recently.
Captain Simphiwe Mhlongo said in September 2019, Jones allegedly stole PlayStation 4 controllers with several games and two Sony speakers after he was the last person to enter a child’s room to fix something.
“In October of the same year, the complainant left his house and everything was in order. When he returned from work he noticed that his Weber braai valued R10 000 was stolen. In the same month, another complainant alleged that he left his premises for a holiday, when he came back he noticed that his CCTV camera was missing,” Mhlongo said.
He said Jones was arrested later and charged for all three incidents.
“He appeared in court several times for the second incident until he was sentenced to 730 days of which was suspended for five years. He was further sentenced to 24 days for the third incident of which was also suspended for five years.”
“In November 2019 he repeated the same offence where a ladder and other tools were stolen in one of the residences and a warrant of arrest was issued. As a result, he was arrested by Hawks members from Pietermaritzburg Serious Organised Crime Investigation on May 5, 2021,” Mhlongo said.
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