Nurse pleads guilty to making false HIV claim to land R1million insurance payout
By Mervyn Naidoo
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Durban - A registered nurse attempted to score on the R1 million dreaded disease cover her insurance company provided, by falsely claiming she acquired HIV while on duty.
But Shevon Naidoo, who works for a laboratory that services insurance companies, was unable to substantiate the July 2019 claim she made with the Old Mutual Group.
Even though she submitted tests results of another HIV-infected person as her own, her plan backfired and she was charged with fraud.
She admitted her wrongdoing and made a Section 112 guilty plea when she appeared in the Durban Regional Court on Wednesday.
Monday 9 February 2015 - 7:54am
FILE image (April 10, 2012) of Dr Genchen Rugnath and his wife Ravina leaving the Durban Magistrate s Court. The Rugnaths and three other people are accused of human trafficking and keeping a brothel where children as young as 12 were kept.
JOHANNESBURG - The child prostitution case of a Durban doctor will resume in the Durban Regional Court on Monday.
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Illegal guest house operators sentenced for accommodating foreigners during lockdown
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Durban - Two British nationals entered South Africa illegally, via the eswatini border in April, at a time when Level 5 of the Covid-19 lockdown rules were in place.
Straight from making their perceived getaway from law enforcement authorities, the pair booked into a Durban guest house where they were eventually arrested.
The owner of the Glenmore Guest House in Umbilo and the manager were convicted and sentenced this week for accommodating the foreigners despite the lockdown.
Not only did manager Ahmed Othoman Elrabiey, 48, and Nazar Salman, 47, the owner, “intentionally” disregard Disaster Management Act regulations, it was found that the business was not licensed.
Siyabonga Mbobo: Four accused found guilty of politically-motivated murder
Four suspects accused of killing 50-year-old Siyabonga Mbobo in 2016 were given life sentences this week.
In the strides to curb political infighting amongst communities, four suspects were convicted by the Durban Regional Court on Wednesday, 17 February 2021 following a lengthy trial.
The four accused were on trial for the murder of an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) member, the 50-year-old Siyabonga Mbobo who was shot and killed in 2016 when a fight broke out at a local community.
Life imprisonment
The convicted murderers, Zwelandile Gutyana (28), Aphelele Mcobothi (23), Siyabonga Ntsethe (33) and Mthethiswa Ntsazana (44) were arrested on 16 September 2016 following a Hawks’ Serious Organized Crime Investigation.