Winnie Mandela’s jail sentence is suspended by the Appeal Court

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Winnie Mandela’s jail sentence is suspended by the Appeal Court

The Appeal Court in Bloemfontein set aside Winnie Madikizela Mandela's sentence of five years' imprisonment for kidnapping four youths and a one year sentence related to a charge of being an accessory to assault. This was imposed by the lower court judge in favour of a fine that was a payment of the victims’ and a suspended sentence.

The judges who sets aside Madikizela Mandela's jail sentence did not explain their reasons for their judgement.

How we know this

01B. Keller, (1993), 'South African court suspends Winnie Mandela’s jail term', from The New York Times, 3 June, [online] Available at www.nytimes.com[Accessed: 14 May 2014]
02Kindra Jaspreet, Deane Nawaal, Buckland Matthew, Agencies, (1993), 'Winnie Mandela gets 5 years For Fraud And Theft', from Rense, 25 April [online], Available at rense.com/general37 [Accessed: 9 June 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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