( CNN ) -- The sign language interpreter ridiculed for his incoherent translation of the Mandela memorial service has faced a multitude of criminal charges in the past , including murder , attempted murder and kidnapping , South African news network eNCA reported on Friday . The network said it received documents from a senior police source that show Thamsanqa Jantjie was found guilty of theft in 1995 . The network said it was unclear if he spent time in jail . The document also revealed that Jantjie was charged with rape , housebreaking , malicious damage to property and murder between 1994 and 2006 , but the record shows that Jantjie was found not guilty of the rape and murder charges . The charges of housebreaking , damage to property and a 1996 theft were withdrawn . Reached by eNCA Friday , Jantjie did not deny he faced the charges , but asked how the reporters came into possession of private details and said he was n't prepared to comment . The network said he then ended the conversation . Jantjie stood a few feet away from world dignitaries , including President Barack Obama , on Tuesday as he produced a series of hand signals that experts said meant nothing . Jantjie told CNN 's David McKenzie on Thursday that he suffers from schizophrenia and is under treatment . CNN 's efforts to reach Jantjie were unsuccessful Friday . South Africa 's National Prosecuting Authority told CNN on Friday it does not have any information on whether Jantjie was facing any of the charges outlined by eNCA . At a news conference on Thursday , Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu , South African deputy minister of women , children and people with disabilities , said the government was looking into the vetting of Jantjie 's security clearance at the memorial . CNN attempted to retrieve court documents from the court in Johannesburg on Friday , but was told that documents for that period are kept off site . Jantjie said on Thursday that he is a fully qualified interpreter and has been trusted with other big events . But Bruno Druchen , the national director of the Deaf Federation of South Africa , has dubbed him a `` fake interpreter . '' `` The deaf community is in outrage , '' Druchen said . `` He is not known by the deaf community in South Africa nor by the South African Sign Language interpreters working in the field . '' Jantjie showed no facial expressions , which are key in South African sign language , and his hand signals were meaningless , Druchen said . `` It is a total mockery of the language , '' he added .
` ` Fake interpreter '' acquitted of rape and murder in the 1990s , news agency reported . Thamsanqa Jantjie was found guilty of theft in 1995 , according to police reports . He was standing close to world dignitaries during Mandela 's memorial service . He says he suffers from schizophrenia and is undergoing treatment .