Traditional healer who promised Durban man he would ‘multiply’ his pension money into R5m, jailed
Durban – A 33-year-old foreign national who robbed a Durban pensioner of over R700 000 has been sentenced to an effective five years behind bars.
Felix Tepi Atto, a Cameroonian national was convicted of theft and sentenced in the Durban Regional Court.
According to the police, Atto presented himself to the pensioner as a traditional healer in 2018, and swindled an amount of R738 500.
“The convicted thief presented himself as a traditional healer to the victim and made him believe that he would multiply his pension money to the tune of 5 million rand,” said police spokesperson Constable Thenjiswa Ngcobo.
“The victim handed him money for a period of two years and when his money was depleted he borrowed money from his former employer.
