Johannesburg - A man was fined R30 000 and sentenced to ten years imprisonment which was wholly suspended for five years after being found guilty of child pornography by the Pinetown Regional Court, in KwaZulu Natal, police said on Thursday.
SAPS spokesperson Lieutenant Nqobile Gwala said Matthy Zondagh, 39, was found at his home in possession of a memory stick containing child pornography images.
“Members of the Project Spiderweb acted on an intelligence driven information and a search and seizure operation was conducted at Kloof on 23 April 2015.”
Gwala said that Zondagh was then arrested and charged with child pornography.
“He made several court appearances until his sentence. He pleaded guilty to 1 132 counts of possession of child pornography.”
Provincial Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal, Lieutenant General Mmamonnye Ngobeni, said “Parents should keep a close eye on who their children are chatting to on social networks, what they are chatting about and the pictures they are sharing. This sentence is proof that criminals cannot get away after committing such misdeeds.”
African News Agency