A man who was caught in the act of stealing a computer at the Storms River Police Station in the Eastern Cape was sentenced to two years behind bars by the local magistrate's court.
In May, Humansdorp police arrested the 32-year-old Christo Goeda after he was caught red-handed trying to steal a computer from the Storms River police station.
Police spokesperson, Sergeant Majola Nkohli, said earlier that the man was caught inside one of the administration offices after a being spotted on CCTV scaling a boundary fence behind the police station.
Goeda had forced open a window to one of the offices in the administration block where he was found disconnecting a computer. He was arrested on the spot and a memory stick was found in his pocket.
He pleaded guilty to the charges against him.
- African News Agency (ANA)
