Lion murder case goes to Appeal Court

Scott-Crossley has asked the Appeal Court to assess the credibility of witnesses

August 20, 2007, 07:30

The case of convicted killer, Mark Scott-Crossley, sentenced to life imprisonment for throwing a farm worker into a lion enclosure, comes before the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein today.

Scott-Crossley was sentenced in the Phalaborwa Circuit Court in Limpopo in September 2005 for the murder of Nelson Chisale. His defence argued that Chisale was already dead when he was thrown to the lions.

Scott-Crossley has asked the Appeal Court to assess the credibility of witnesses and to look at alleged irregularities during the trial.

Source: http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,154372,00.html