Winnie Mandela Wins Appeal - Guilty of 43 Fraud Charges, 25 Theft - No Jail
Tuesday, July 6, 2004 at 01:07PM
TheSpook
Winnie Mandela, the former wife of Nelson Mandela,
avoided a four-year prison term Monday when an appeals court overturned
charges of theft from a women's political league. The High Court in
Pretoria upheld all 43 charges of fraud from her conviction in April
2003 but rejected all 25 counts of theft, handing her a five-year
suspended sentence. [more]
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