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Rhino Poaching Files: Poacher gets 25 years in jail
Solly Ndima, 34 was convicted of rhino poaching, trespassing and several other poaching related crimes in the Skukuza Regional Court.
The Skukuza Regional Court has handed down a stiff sentence to a 34- year-old man from Mozambique who was recently convicted of several poaching related crimes including the illegal hunting and killing of rhino.
National Prosecuting Authority regional spokesperson Monica Nyuswa said that Solly Ndima had pleaded guilty to several offences. He was sentenced to 25 years in jail.
He was also subsequently convicted of tresspassing in the Skukuza National Park, of contravening the Immigration Act, of possession of a prohibited obliterated firearm (the serial number had been removed), possession of ammunition, illegal hunting and killing of rhino. Ndima was also found in possession of an axe.