Geweld
28s gang boss & co to appeal sentences
The state will oppose the appeals and also challenge some of the sentences handed down earlier this month.
Correctional Services says it can't reveal where George Thomas will be incarcerated for security reasons.
After a seven-year trial, convicted 28 gang boss George 'Geweld' Thomas was handed his sentence in the Western Cape High Court.
17 convicted gangsters, including George Thomas, were found guilty of dozens of violent crimes.
Argument in mitigation and aggravation of sentence continues in the trial of George 'Geweld' Thomas.
Alleged 28s gang boss George ‘Geweld’ Thomas and his co-accused are facing more than 140 charges.
The men collectively face 141 charges, ranging from murder, extortion and conspiracy to commit murder.
George 'Geweld' Thomas and his 17 co-accused face more than 140 charges including murder.