Wallo-Lamy José had to borrow money to treat his son and was unable to pay his debt. He decided to leave the village and settle in a forest camp. In March 2019, Wallo-Lamy bought a war weapon (type PMAK 47) and ammunition for XAF 300,000 (three hundred thousand) to carry out elephant hunting. He contacted Zokaba Francis, a renown hunter and Mebiele Gérôme to carry out a big hunting expedition on his behalf. On April 13, 2019, the team entered the forest and few days later came out with two ivory tusks from an elephant they killed and one tusk collected in the forest. On May 02, 2019 Wallo-Lamy decided to come back to the village with ivory and the rest of ammunition. He couldn’t sell the ivory at the village because of rain and was arrested by rangers and police who discovered the ivory and ammunition after house search.
The Public Prosecutor's Office and the Sangha Departmental Directorate of Water and Forests vs Wallo-Lamy José
Country
Territorial subdivision
Court
Type of court
Seat of court
Ouesso
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2019
Abstract
Language of document
French
Reference number
No. 135/2019
Charges
Complicity of killing of a totally protected specie (elephant).
Species
Transnational
No
Decision
Wallo-Lamy José was found guilty of complicity for the killing of one elephant.
Appealed
No
Penalty
Wallo-Lamy José was sentenced to three years imprisonment, XAF 1.000,000 (one million) as fines, and to pay XAF 1,000,000 (one million) as damages and court fees. The imprisonment in default of payment was fixed to twelve months for the recovery of fines, two months for court fees and four months for damages.