Namibia: Stoffberg to Face the Music Again

4 December 2012

Windhoek — Convicted fraudster and former civil servant in the Ministry of Finance Brian Stoffberg could still face jail time for his conviction of corruptly using his office for gratification when he submitted two claims of overtime worth N$6 630.90.

Judge Harald Geier found that the trial magistrate had accorded undue weight to the personal and mitigating factors by imposing a wholly suspended sentence and it was unclear how such sentence accommodated the aspect of deterrence and the need to protect the interests of society. As a result the judge granted leave to appeal against the sentence to the State as he found that another court may come to a different conclusion on a sentence.

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