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Ms Jack Sentencing Welcomed

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Dear MyPE

Today Ms Nontuthuzelo Jack suffered the consequences of her smear campaign against me.

After being found guilty on charges of defamation and crimen injuria she was sentenced in the Port Elizabeth Magistrates Court.

Her sentence is as follows:

  • crimen injuria and criminal defamation: three years imprisonment suspended for five years. Ms Jack will be under house arrest for the duration of the three years. She will also do community service. This will include cleaning the Motherwell Police Station and any other state institution as determined by the community service supervisor.
  • false statements under oath: Ms Jack was sentenced to two years imprisonment suspended for five years. The court recognized the harm caused and the impact her accusations had on me personally but equally to my public reputation.

I am satisfied that the court has attached a consequence to those who seek to smear or defame anyone and in particular, as in my case, political leadership figures.

I am satisfied that Ms Jack will suffer the consequences of her lies, however I am unsatisfied that her collaborators or political puppet masters have not been exposed and held to account.

This sentence will however serve as a warning to future or potential political pawns. It will inevitably be them and not the master minds that are held to account – they will have to bear the brunt of the courts decisions.

There is no doubt that this case and the defamation cases against Former ANC councillor Lawrence Troon and new ANC recruit, Knight Mali were all a deliberate smear campaign. This was aimed at damaging my reputation and political prospects while I was a NMB Mayoral Candidate during the 2016 local government elections.

This case should also serve as a salutary caution to those who want to engage in this kind of gutter politics – they will be held to account for their actions.

I am pleased that my public reputation, built over 25 years, remains intact and that I have been vindicated in all three of these despicable defamation cases.

I appreciate the support from my family, my political party, my colleagues, the public and the criminal justice system.

Regards

Athol Trollip
DA Federal Chairperson and NMB Councillor

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