Former SA finance boss doesn't appeal against sentence

Diteko Modise, the former financial manager of the South African board, has decided not to appeal against his 76-year sentence for multimillion-rand fraud and money laundering, according to a report in the Star.

In February, Modise was charged with nine counts of fraud, money laundering and theft when 7.4 million rand (US$1 million) went missing from what was then the United Cricket Board of South Africa, in the period that he was in charge of their internal auditing. Although some money was recovered from Modise, the loss totalled 6.1 million rand.

After the sentence, Modise had said that he would appeal but, on August 12, abandoned his application for leave to appeal before it could be heard without giving any reasons.

Magistrate Jeremy Janse van Vuuren labelled Modise "very greedy", suggesting he should serve a minimum of 20 years before being considered for parole. He added that Modise had calculated his actions carefully despite already earning an "excellent salary".