A truck driver convicted of stealing diesel worth more than R1-million from a Transnet fuel pipeline in Mpumalanga has been spared immediate sentencing after falling ill and being admitted to hospital under police guard. “Three years after his accomplice was sentenced, Mabunda maintained his innocence until he was found guilty on all charges,” Nkosi said. The theft happened at a Transnet pipeline near Leslie, Mpumalanga. “The security guards noticed a tanker truck leaving the area. And a case of possession of stolen fuel was opened in Springs.