Authorities clarify sentence does mean time in jail

A Bloemfontein taxi driver who attacked a pedestrian in a road rage incident in the city has been sentenced to a jail term.

Aggrey Mojanaga, 43, was sentenced in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court to three years imprisonment -- during which he must stay behind bars for six months.

Earlier this week, National Prosecuting Authority Free State regional spokesman Phaladi Shuping was quoted as saying Mojanaga had been ordered to serve his sentence at home, under supervision.

This is not correct.

Magistrate Johannes Moeng ordered that Mojanaga could be released under correctional supervision after six months if his behaviour justified it.

Mojanaga deliberately hit a homeless man, Isaac Moalahi, 51, with his taxi and then kicked him against the head in Andries Pretorius Street in March this year.

Video material of the incident, which was captured on security cameras, was broadcast all over the Internet.

Mojanaga was found guilty on a charge of assault with grievous body harm.

Click on the video player to view the shocking footage:

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LeadSA

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