âââ LUCKY NKUYANE 09:47 Sun, 14 Mar 2021
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Former Free State Premier Ace Magashuleâs driver, Ricardo Mettler, who was convicted of stealing an R8 million Pierneef painting, will this week launch a bid for leave to appeal his sentence and conviction by the High Court in Bloemfontein.
Mettler was sentenced to an effective 15-year prison sentence by High Court Judge, Soma Naidoo.
Mettler's new legal counsel, Advocate Hannes Peyper, previously told OFM News that he had received instructions from the latter to launch a court bid against his sentencing.
He said they only had 14 days to file an appeal, and they are looking at doing so around this week.