He gained funding for her defence from the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa and from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, but in June 1991 she was found guilty and sentenced to six years in prison, reduced to two on appeal.
他向国际南部非洲辩护和援助基金以及利比亚领导穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲争取到维尼的辩护费，但1991年6月，维尼被判罪名成立，判处6年有期徒刑，上诉后缩减至两年。