Fraudster fails to escape Pollsmoor

22 May 2015 - 02:08 By Philani Nombembe

British fugitive Raymond Nevitt, arrested in Cape Town last week, failed yesterday in his bid to get transferred from Pollsmoor in Tokai to the reputedly more congenial Goodwood prison. Nevitt, 51, is facing extradition to the UK, where he was found guilty of embezzling R60-million in 2008.He skipped the UK while awaiting sentencing and used a fake passport to travel to Spain, Thailand and eventually South Africa.Interpol and the South African police pounced on Nevitt, 51, in Constantia on Thursday last week.According to national police commissioner Riah Phiyega's spokesman, Lieutenant-General Solomon Makgale, Nevitt has been hiding in South Africa for five years."He was convicted and sentenced in 2008 to three years [and] nine months imprisonment for five counts of fraudulent trading in relation to Ravelle Group of companies, which sold second-hand computer parts to the PC maintenance industry," Makgale said.Makgale said Nevitt, who went by the alias of Paul McCann, was "found with 28 cellphones and a large quantity of SIM cards".Nevitt appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court yesterday and asked to be moved to Goodwood because he had "cardiac problems".The court turned down the request...

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