Court Rejects Matlala’s 8-Year Plea Deal, Proposes 12-Year Prison Sentence

Court rejects Matlala’s 8-year plea deal, proposes 12-year prison sentence

The fate of alleged organised crime figure Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala remains uncertain after a court rejected an agreed eight-year plea and sentence agreement, finding it to be unjust and recommending a 12-year prison term instead.

South Africa: 'Cat' Matlala Must Wait Two More Weeks for His Final Sentence

Magistrate Ignatius du Preez rejected Matlala's eight-year plea deal, proposing 12 years in prison for fraud, corruption and money laundering. Vusumuzi 'Cat' Matlala returns to the Pretoria court on 13 July after he and the State failed to agree on his final sentence.

UPDATE | Matlala plea deal rejected, matter postponed

A Pretoria magistrate tore up the eight-year sentence alleged crime kingpin Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala had bargained for on Wednesday, saying it was too soft and proposing four more years.

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Alleged underworld kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has suffered a major setback after a magistrate rejected a plea agreement recommending a 15-year prison sentence in connection with the R228 million Medicare24 tender fraud and corruption case. Magistrate Ignatius du Preez, presiding in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court, said he did not believe the sentence agreed to by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and Matlala was appro…

Court rejects Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala plea deal, says sentence 'too lenient'

The Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Pretoria has rejected the plea deal entered into by Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). On Wednesday, Matlala returned to the court, where magistrate Ignatius Du Preez handed down the judgment. Du Preez noted that the crimes Matlala is accused of were committed out of greed. He said he was not convinced Matlala entered into a plea deal out of genuine remorse or out of a n…

Court torpedoes Cat Matlala’s plea deal, wants 12 year sentence

By Johnathan Paoli The Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court has rejected the plea-and-sentence agreement negotiated between prosecutors and alleged crime kingpin Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, with Magistrate Ignatius du Preez ruling that the proposed effective eight-year prison sentence failed to reflect the seriousness of the offences. Delivering his judgment on Wednesday, du Preez found that the agreement struck between the National Prosecut…