Zimbabwe News Online: South Africa hotel workers steal underwears from England team

South Africa hotel workers steal underwears from England team
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Reuters  on 28 June, 2010 03:30:00
 
Mthunzi Mhaga, spokesman for the National Prosecution Authority, said the
incident was reported by the hotel on Saturday."The five involved have been
arrested, they pleaded guilty and have been sentenced by a special World Cup
court," Mhaga said.They were each sentenced to three years in prison and 6,000
rands (£524) fine.South Africa set up 56 special courts to deal swiftly with
cases involving visitors for the World Cup.Mhaga said all five were employees of
the Royal Marang Hotel, part of the exclusive training camp built ahead of the
World Cup where the England team had been staying near Rustenburg, about 150 km
(93 miles) north west of Johannesburg.Police said they recovered some items
including a FIFA gold medal, some sterling, jerseys and other items to the value
of about 80,000 rands (£6,991).England crashed out of the World Cup on Sunday,
losing to Germany 4-1 in the last 16.