Southe Africa woman sentenced for racist abuse

A court in South Africa has sentenced a woman to three years in for using racist language.

Vicki Momberg was caught on video using a racially offensive word 48 times against police officers who were helping her after a robbery.

The Johannesburg court also gave her a one year suspended sentence.

[PRECEDENCE SET] Former estate agent #VickiMomberg sentenced THREE YEARS TO JAIL - with one year suspended - for using the K-word 48 times against police officers. Momberg’s racial rant was caught on camera after a 2016 smash and grab incident in Johannesburg #SABCNews pic.twitter.com/76i4lAuexl

— #NoExcuse (@MaageMohlabe) March 28, 2018

Ms Momberg, an estate agent, was caught on video in 2016 hurling insults and complaining about the “calibre of blacks in Johannesburg compared to black people in Durban" – where she was based.

The court had already found her guilty of four counts of "crimen injuria" or injury to someone's dignity - one for each of the officers who was verbally assaulted.

Ms Momberg's lawyer has argued that her client was traumatised by the smash-and-grab incident and that she did not have full control of her faculties when she began abusing the police officers, IOL news site reports.

 

Ms Momberg had said she would lodge an appeal against any sentencing.