In the Cape Town Supreme Court a British journalist, David Rabkin, his wife and a South African lecturer, Jeremy Cronin, were sentenced to ten, one, and seven years' imprisonment respectively. They were charged under the Terrorism and Internal Security Acts to which they had pleaded guilty. The three had advocated violence leading to insurrection. Since Mrs. Rabkin was expecting a baby, the court suspended eleven months of her twelve-month sentence and she returned to Britain with her new born daughter in October.
eventREF E-0091717Revised
29 September 1976
Jeremy Cronin and British couple are sentenced in the Cape Town Supreme Court
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01South African History Online, ‘Jeremy Cronin’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za (Accessed: 03 September 2013)
- 02O’Malley, P. ‘1976’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 03 September 2013)
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 23). Jeremy Cronin and British couple are sentenced in the Cape Town Supreme Court . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091717
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