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Student jailed for five years for spending Sh8m erroneously sent to her account

Sibongile Mani was sentenced on Wednesday in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Courtesy, Mark Andrews]

A university student who went on a months-long spending spree in 2017 after Sh110 million was deposited into her student account erroneously has been sentenced to five years in jail by a court in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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