Friday, 13 December 2013
FAKE INTERPRETER AT MANDELA'S MEMORIAL SERVICE CHARGED FOR THEFT.
The
interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service has been convicted of theft
and once had a string of criminal charges, including murder, laid against him.
eNCA reported reported that a murder, attempted murder and
kidnapping case from 2003, against Thamsanqa Jantjie and two other men, was
referred to the High Court in Johannesburg in 2004, and was finalised in
November 2006.
However the outcome was unknown as the court file for the case
was found empty by eNCA reporters.
Using
court and police records, eNCA established that Jantjie was convicted of theft
in 1995, and is recorded to have received a three-year sentence.
He was charged with housebreaking in July 1997 and malicious
damage to property in April 1998.
Jantjie was charged with rape in September 1994, but was later
acquitted.
Jantjie was metres away from the likes of SA President Jacob
Zuma, US President Barack Obama, Cuban President Raul Castro, and Mandela’s
widow Graca Machel, during proceedings at Mandela’s memorial at FNB Stadium, in
Johannesburg, on Tuesday.
Jantjie
has reportedly said he had suffered a schizophrenic episode during the
memorial, in which the signs he made were dismissed as gibberish by the deaf
community
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