Pretoria businessman convicted of tax evasion
Jerenique Bayard, who appeared in an infamous photograph alongside top SAPS supply chain members in Manchester United football T-shirts at Old Trafford, has pleaded guilty to not paying his tax.
The Daily Maverick reports that the one-time project director at Unisys, is alleged to have paid nearly R800 000 for renovations to be done to the property of the SAPS Technology Management Services head, Lieutenant-General Adeline Shezi.
He appeared in the Hatfield Magistrate's Court yesterday.
In accordance with a plea and sentence agreement, he pleaded guilty to having not submitted personal tax returns from 2012 to 2020.
He was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment, suspended for five years, and fined R25 000.
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