NPA can appeal against Fidentia sentence
The Supreme Court of Appeal has granted the State leave to appeal against the sentence of former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown, the NPA said on Thursday.
The Supreme Court of Appeal has granted the State leave to appeal against the sentence of former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown, the NPA said on Thursday.
"We welcome the decision and we will be ready to argue when the matter is on the roll," Western Cape National Prosecutions Authority spokesman Eric Ntabazalila said in a statement.
"At the moment we have not received a date of when we will be visiting the SCA to argue."
The State approached the SCA to ask for a heavier sentence against Brown.
Brown was convicted after admitting to making misrepresentations regarding investments entrusted to him. Western Cape High Court Judge Anton Veldhuizen sentenced him in
May. He was fined R75,000 or 18-months imprisonment, on each of two fraud counts against him. Brown was also given an 18-month jail sentence on each count, but these were suspended for four years on condition he not be convicted of fraud again.
In June, the Western Cape High Court denied the NPA leave to appeal the case. The NPA then lodged an application at the SCA.
- Sapa