FORMER crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli will be heading to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein to appeal his five year sentence handed down by the South Gauteng High earlier today.
Mdluli and co-accused Mthembeni Mthunzi's leave to appeal was also denied, leaving him with the Supreme Court of Appeal as the only option.
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Giving his reaction to the sentence, he said "I've said initially that I respect the law, I do respect what the judge has done l, but as I've indicated that I've got every right to go to any court, we will petition the Supreme Court of Appeal.
"We are aware that there were a lot of gaps that were supported and filled in court.
"My lawyer will start working on it from tomorrow, he will also try to apply for bail in the meantime pending the appeal because here it was refused."
When asked about spending the first night in prison, Mdluli said, "Even president Mandela went to prison, I'm not a unique person I'm an ordinary person of South Africa, whatever happened to somebody else can happen to me.
"If a person like president Mandela was taken to prison for an offence he never committed, the same can apply to me, I'm not better off than him.
The family of Oupa Ramogibe, was married to Mdluli’s former lover Tshidi Buthelezi, said they were happy about the sentence, but were sad that no one was accountable for his death.
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Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng sentenced the pair to three years imprisonment for two counts of kidnapping, two counts of assault against which will run concurrently.
That was for kidnapping and assaulting Oupa and Alice Manana who was Tshidi's friend.
They were further sentenced to one year imprisonment and two years of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, which in total adds up to 5 years in prison.
