Former SA cricketer gets jail sentence for fraud
Former SA fast bowler Garth le Roux and his accountant, Deon van Heerden, have each been sentenced to an effective four years in jail for tax fraud.
Former South Africa fast bowler Garth le Roux and his accountant, Deon van Heerden, have each been sentenced to an effective four years in jail for tax fraud.
However, both men intend to appeal.
The sentence was handed down in Cape Town’s Wynberg Regional Court on Friday morning.
Magistrate Jackie Redelinghuys said tax evasion was both very common and very serious.
“A message that people with big cheque books can buy their way out of prison is wrong,” he said.
In total, R633 947 tax was not paid to Sars over three years.
The state gave notice that it might appeal the sentence. Le Roux’s and Van Heerden’s bail was extended pending their appeal.—Sapa
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