Cape Times 10th December,2004.



Thanks largely to a state report on South Africa's overcrowded prisons, the Cape High Court has set aside the five-year prison sentence of a man convicted of R8-million cheque fraud and sentenced him to correctional supervision, with a R30 000 fine.

Zahid Hasan Parker had pleaded guilty before the regional court.

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Okay so he has 5 children and is married, what about all the other married people who are spending time in prison in overcrowded conditions. Is this a new trend we are having here, leniency for rape - R30 000.00 fines for 8 million rand fraud. To be honest i dont like the message this is sending out to the South African people - Rob me blind and get two years house arrest and a fine? Maybe i am being biased here.