Maggie appears in court for a theft

Maggie appears in court for a theft

Published: Friday, 2013/12/20
GENERATIONS actress Maggie Benedict’s
future lies in the hands of the senior
public prosecutor.

The actress who plays Akhona in the SABC1
soapie appeared in the Randburg Magistrates
Court yesterday on a charge of theft after
allegedly shoplifting a packet of Panado
painkillers worth R17,49 at Checkers in Cresta
Shopping Centre, Joburg.
After being arrested on Wednesday, the 32-
year-old actress was released on a warning
from Linden Police Station.

Maggie appeared in court dressed in light-
brown boots, a black skirt, a black jacket and
a doek on her head. She was accompanied by
her lawyer Jonathan Kaiser, who introduced
himself as her brother.

Before being called to the witness box,
Maggie sat in the front row of the public
gallery and listened attentively to the
proceedings.

When the magistrate asked Kaiser whether he
had warned her about the seriousness of the
case and the penalty if she was found guilty,
he said they had not discussed it.
Kaiser said Maggie had no previous
convictions and had never been arrested
before.
He said they would make a representation to
the senior public prosecutor next year.
The
case was postponed to 28 January.
After the case was postponed, Kaiser told
journalists that the case against Maggie was
ridiculous.
“My client will be acquitted before the matter
even goes to trial,” he said.

By: NORMAN MASUNGWINI
Photo: Lucky Maibi