THE trial of three Pep Stores employees accused of painting a 14-year-old girl white after accusing her of shoplifting, has been postponed to allow the accused to get legal representation. Thelma Strydom, Julia Munyai and Albert Mbezi were released on a warning and have not been asked to plead on charges of assault, theft and crimen injuria. Strydom, who was the manager of Pep Store in Louis Trichardt, and staffer Mbezi were dismissed from the company. Munyai, who allegedly caught the girl shoplifting on August 29 but did not paint her, was found not guilty and was exonerated of all internal disciplinary charges. – African Eye News Service