A 34-year-old woman, Florence Rina Muavha, was found guilty of stealing from her employer in the Makhado (Louis Trichardt) magistrate’s court on Thursday, September 21.

Muavha, who was working as a bank teller at the local Absa Bank branch, was found guilty on two counts of theft. This was after she was caught stealing money from an illiterate bank client. On December 21, 2004, she stole R10 000 from the client. Muavha stole another R10 000 from the client on February 3 last year.

Muavha received a two-year prison sentence which was suspended for a period of five years on condition that she does not commit a similar offence. She was also ordered by the court to pay back the stolen money in monthly instalments of R1 000.