DISBARRED ATTORNEY GETS 6 YEARS FOR FRAUD

Durban - Disbarred Durban attorney Ian Stokes - convicted of stealing more than R5.7m of his friends' money from a trust account - was sentenced to in effect six years in jail by the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban on Wednesday.

He was expected to begin serving his sentence in the afternoon after he failed to get leave to appeal his conviction and was also refused bail pending petition to the Chief Justice.

"Justice has been done," said Durban businessman Robbie Sevel, a former friend of Stokes who gave him R2m to invest in a business to "buy" Road Accident Fund claims.

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/fugitive-durban-lawyer-gets-6-year-sentence-for-defrauding-friends-20170322

ARRESTED FOR DRUG POSSESSION

                                                                                                                                    Members of the Hawks’ Organised Crime in Durban have arrested five suspects aged between 23 and 41 for possession of drugs on the N2 near Tongaat tollgate on Sunday, 19 March 2017. Two of the arrested suspects were policemen stationed at KwaDukuza Police Station.

Hawks received information about two policemen who were transporting drugs from Chatsworth to KwaDukuza. A joint operation was swiftly conducted and the vehicle was intercepted along N2. A search was conducted and 498 heroine capsules were found in the vehicle. They were subsequently arrested and charged for possession of drugs.

They appeared in the Verulam Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 20 March 2017. The two policemen were granted R10 000.00 bail each and their accomplices were granted R2000.00 bail each. The case was postponed to 24 March 2017.

HAMMERSDALE CRASH: 30 INJURED

In Hammersdale,next to the BP Garage. There has been a crash involving 5x Minibuses. 30 people have been injured &treated by paramedics

WESTMINISTER TERRORIST INCIDENT

London – A policeman was stabbed, an assailant shot and several people injured on Wednesday close to Britain's Houses of Parliament in what police said they were treating as a terrorist incident.

Reuters reporters inside the building heard loud bangs and shortly afterwards a Reuters photographer said he saw at least a dozen people injured on Westminster Bridge, next to parliament.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/westminster-one-shot-several-injured-in-terrorist-incident-8298298?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

DURBAN MURDER

Durban – Police have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with a fatal stabbing at a Durban North restaurant on Saturday night.

Two employees got into a fight in the kitchen at Republik, on the corner of Adelaide Tambo Drive and Broadway, when it is alleged the 22-year-old slit Sizwe Shange’s throat with a knife before fleeing.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/suspect-held-after-slitting-mans-throat-in-restaurant-8274190?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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JP DUMINY WITHDRAWS FROM IPL

NEW DELHI, India – South Africa's JP Duminy has withdrawn from the upcoming edition of the lucrative Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament, the all-rounder and his franchise said Monday.

The 32-year-old, who plays for the Delhi Daredevils, said he was skipping the tournament next month due to "personal" reasons, with his team saying it was disappointed to lose him.

"It has been a very difficult decision for me to make, but it was for purely personal reasons," the left-handed batsman was quoted as saying in a statement released by his franchise.

http://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/proteas/jp-duminy-withdraws-from-ipl-for-personal-reasons-8277956?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter