THE Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed ANC councillor Andile Lungisa’s appeal against his sentence of an effective two years imprisonment.
Lungisa was sentenced to an effective two years in prison after he was found guilty of smashing a glass jug over the head of a former DA mayoral committee member, Rano Kayser, during a chaotic Nelson Mandela Bay council meeting in 2016.
Kayser sustained multiple injuries during the attack.
On Wednesday, the SCA said it found no basis to interfere with the sentence imposed by the trial court on the grounds that that court had appropriately balanced the appellant’s personal circumstances, the nature and seriousness of the crime committed and the interests of society.
“It (the court) observed that Mr Lungisa used a dangerous weapon when hitting the complainant on a sensitive part of his body and the temple, causing serious, potentially fatal injuries,” the SCA said in
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