Title:
'Gewoontestropers' vrygelaat
Author(s):
Publication Year:
2024
Abstract:

Die twee mans wat tereggestaan het op aanklagte van stropery, Hermanus Kharugab en Ashley Eiseb, is ingevolge 'n uitspraak in 'n hersieningsaansoek in die hoërhof in Windhoek vrygelaat. Eiseb, wat volgens 'n lid van die Nossob Misdaadvoorkomingsforum, 'n "groot probleem is", en Kharugab is in November verlede jaar in hegtenis geneem ná hulle glo 'n motor gehuur het om wild in die Okahandja-omgewing te stroop. Regters Boas Usiku en Naomi Shivute het die skuldigbevindings en vonnisse teen beide mans tersyde gestel en beveel dat hulle uit aanhouding vrygelaat moet word. Die regters glo die voorsittende landdros, wat die mans skuldig bevind het nadat hulle skuldig gepleit het, het 'n fout begaan toe sy waterbokke as jagwild, asook gemsbokke en koedoes as beskermde wild bestempel het. The two men who faced poaching charges, Hermanus Kharugab and Ashley Eiseb, were released in a review application in the Windhoek High Court under a ruling. Eiseb, who according to a member of the Nossob Crime Prevention Forum is a "big problem", and Kharugab were arrested in November last year after they allegedly rented a car to poach game in the Okahandja area. Judges Boas Usiku and Naomi Shivute set aside the convictions and sentences against both men and ordered their release from custody. The judges believe the presiding magistrate, who convicted the men after pleading guilty, made a mistake when she labelled waterbucks as hunting game, as well as roe deer and kudu as protected game. It is precisely the other way around – gemsbok and kudu are hunting game while waterbuck is protected game.

Series Title:
Republikein
Type:
Newspaper
Item Type:
Report
Language:
af

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