One of the travel agents involved in the multimillion-rand parliamentary travel-voucher scam was given a suspended sentence and fined R20 000 by the Cape High Court on Wednesday, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) news reported.
Nazli Lackay pleaded guilty to defrauding Parliament of close to R3-million.
The first travel agent to enter a plea bargain with the state, Lackay will be under correctional supervision for the next three years.
The R20 000 fine was also deferred and she will pay R350 per month.
Her lawyer, Andre Parries, said Lackay’s circumstances forced her to enter into a plea bargain with the state.
”Lackay is a mother of five and has been unemployed since the scandal broke up almost five years ago,” said Parries.
The case of one of the three remaining MPs involved in the saga, the African National Congress’s Maxwell Moss, has been withdrawn on the grounds of ill health.
The cases of the remaining four travel agents and two MPs would resume in the same court on Monday next week, SABC reported. — Sapa