'Cat' Matlala
Self-confessed fraudster Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala has agreed to testify against his co-accused — among them senior police officers — in exchange for a lighter sentence.
This after pleading guilty to fraud, corruption and money laundering in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday.
Under the plea and sentencing agreement, which the state said took two months to negotiate, Matlala will turn state witness in the case linked to a R228m police contract awarded to his company.
Reading the agreement into the record, the state said the parties had agreed that a just sentence would be for the court to deviate from the prescribed minimum sentence and impose 15 years' imprisonment, of which seven years would be suspended.
