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Former Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Communications Director Roland Williams could be going back to prison.
This was after the High Court in Makhanda dismissed his appeal against the implementation of his suspended four-year jail sentence in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Gqeberha.
Fifty-one-year-old Williams was in prison for 52 days when he obtained the legal services of Danie Gouws to launch an appeal.
In 2018, Williams was sentenced to 36 months of correctional supervision, a suspended four-year prison sentence, and was fined R30 000 for defrauding Santam.
He was also ordered to pay back the R96 000 that had been paid out to him for a road accident that never happened.
Williams was arrested in November 2020 when he defaulted on his monthly re-payments to Santam as per his initial sentencing agreement.
The default on these payments was rectified but Magistrate Lionel Lindoor ruled that even though the outstanding monies had been repaid to the short-term insurer, Williams was still in breach of his sentencing conditions.
He is currently out on bail of R10 000.
Gouws told Algoa FM News that he would study the lengthy Judgment and take instructions from Williams before moving forward.
