Kaya 959 Reporter
Clement Othusitse Seothaeng, a former McDonald’s employee, was sentenced to ten years in prison after recording a video of himself spitting on an ice cream and using it to extort money from the restaurant.
The incident happened five years ago when Seothaeng allegedly pretended to be an angry customer and sent his employers a video of himself spitting.
Seothaeng was found guilty and given 10 years for extortion and five years by the Pretoria North magistrate’s court for malicious damage to property. The sentences will run simultaneously.
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According to National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana, Seothaeng had worked as a crew member at a McDonald’s restaurant in Montana for two years.
“On 23 September 2017 while at work, Seothaeng recorded himself [using a cellphone] in a 20-second video clip preparing a McFlurry ice-cream without showing his face, just a person wearing a uniform,” said Mahanjana.
“However, when preparing it, he spat inside the Mcflurry ice cream, mixed it, and closed the cap. After recording himself, he sent the clip to the manager with a different number as a concerned customer and demanded R150 000 to avoid the video being circulated on social media.”
Mahanjana added: “During the aggravation of sentence the prosecutor, David Molokomme, asked the court to impose a fitting sentence to reflect society’s disapproval of such improper and illegal behaviour, using social media for anti-social behaviour.”
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