The Gauteng High Court has handed Mdluli and his accomplice Mthembeni Mthunzi five years each in spite of pleas for mercy.
Richard Mdluli, Solomon Lazarus and Heine Barnard appeared in court on Thursday regarding the secret services slush fund case.
The disgraced pair should face the full might of the law, according to state prosecutor Zaais van Zyl.
Richard Mdluli has reached the end of the line, as his criminal case reaches sentencing proceedings. Here’s how the case played out over two decades.
It’s advantage Mdluli after the ex-intelligence boss was acquitted of four intimidation charges, on Thursday..
Mdluli is accused to have used public funds to fund a lavish lifestyle.
Roelofse detailed the difficulties he, and other Hawks operatives, has faced in trying to declassify information on the untouchable Mdluli.