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A South African woman has pleaded not guilty to charges that she stole R250 000 from her employer, claiming she was the victim of a 'witchcraft' scam:
Deonay Anderton, 40, of Sun Valley, said she had been duped by a sangoma into "borrowing" the money from her employer in order to obtain a gift of R1-million, which evil spirits wished her to have. The sangoma needed R250 000 in "clean" money to place on top of the R1-million in "blood" money, to cleanse the blood money, she told the court.
She told the court that the sangoma threatened her and her family if she told anyone about the money. 'Sangoma told me it was not theft' - Independent Online, June 6th 2002.
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1: Posted by: Michael | October 28, 2003 12:32 PM
I have a VERY simular problem (ghosts/ stolen things).Please keep me informed as to your legal outcome.
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