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SWC blanket thief gets 2 yrs
2010-06-25 20:45
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Rustenburg - A North West man was jailed for two years for stealing a blanket and three beers from a 75-year-old German fan after a World Cup match, police said on Friday.
Mothusi Phiri, 21, was arrested on Tuesday evening after he robbed the German man of his complimentary blanket and Budweiser beers after the Mexico-Uruguay match in Rustenburg, police said.
"He was arrested on the same day and sentenced to 36 months, which was reduced to two years," said North West police spokesperson Lesego Metsi.
The German man was walking out of the stadium when someone snatched his blanket and beers, Metsi added.
Meanwhile, three Free State youths were given 24 months' corrective supervision for robbing a Japanese photographer in Bloemfontein, Sapa reported.
Sitting in camera, a World Cup court sentenced the three youths, all aged 17, to a further seven years imprisonment, wholly suspended for five years.
The youths' mothers had earlier testified in mitigation of sentence.
Charges against two others were dropped.
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