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    A TRUST BETRAYED

    Jul 16, 2021 4 minutes
    BY JANA VAN DER MERWE

    STANDING in the dock of the East London court, she felt betrayed and brokenhearted. She knew she was innocent but here she was, accused of complicity in a fraud case involving millions of rands.

    And it was all because of the woman she regarded as more of a “big sister” than her stepmother, a mentor – someone she believed would always be on her side.

    But Retha Voogt (47) had used Kirstie Leigh Voogt (27) as a pawn in her scheme, using the younger woman’s bank account to channel some of the R11 million she stole from the Road Accident Fund.

    Kirstie is picking up the pieces

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