World Traveler

This blog is going to be about news around the world that the U.S. media may not cover, due to it not directly impacting the U.S.

Friday, September 30, 2005

South Africa: Murder with Lions

Mark Scott-Crossley is a white farmer in South Africa who, along with one of his employees beat, Nelson Chisale and threw him inside a closed area of a local lion breeding center. Nelson Chisale was a black man and a former employee of Scott-Crossley; racial tensions are still present in South Africa. Scott-Crossley has been sentenced to life in prison, which is the highest punishment allowed in South Africa; the man who helped him has been sentenced to 15 years with 3 year suspension. Scott-Crossley and his accomplice plan to fight their sentences.

This news report was found through BBC News

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home