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#Mettler judgment expected─── LUCKY NKUYANE 06:16 Thu, 29 Apr 2021
The Free State High Court is expected to deliver judgment on an application for leave to appeal the conviction and sentence of former Free State premier Ace Magashule’s driver.
Judge Soma Naidoo postponed the proceedings to Thursday following the heads of argument by the state and defence counsel.
The convicted Ricardo Mettler wants Naidoo to grant him leave to appeal his 15-year jail sentence for stealing the R8 million Pierneef painting.
Naidoo earlier handed Mettler an effective 15-year prison sentence for theft, 15 years for money laundering, 15 years for fraud, and 12 months for perjury. Counts two and four are running concurrently.
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