Rhino poacher will spend 18 years behind bars
SANTOS Baloyi (34) from Mozambique was sentenced to 18 years’ direct imprisonment by the Skukuza Regional Court on Friday, 3 February, for rhino poaching and other related charges.
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SANTOS Baloyi (34) from Mozambique was sentenced to 18 years’ direct imprisonment by the Skukuza Regional Court on Friday, 3 February, for rhino poaching and other related charges.
A rhino poacher has more than two decades to reflect on the havoc he wreaked on South Africa's endangered species after the Skukuza regional court handed him a hefty sentence this week.
Santos Baloyi, 31, was arrested after a rhino was killed at Kruger National Park in September and gets 18 years in prison today.
The Skukuza Regional Court convicted and sentenced Santos Baloyi, 31, after he pleaded guilty to killing a rhino, trespassing, contravention of the Immigration Act, unlawful possession of a firearm with a serial number obliterated and unlawful possession of ammunition.
Three men convicted of rhino poaching-related charges have been handed hefty sentences in the Skukuza Regional Court.