Country
Territorial subdivision
Court
Type of court
Seat of court
Ouesso
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2007
Abstract
In 2006, MALANDA MASENGO Aristide, owner of a defective calibre 308 hunting weapon, presented its weapon to BOME Leopold, a former eco-guard and repairer of hunting weapon and asked him to repair the weapon. On the same occasion, he gave BOME Leopold four pieces of ammunition in order to use it to check the repair was perfect. On March 18, 2007, BOME Leopold and ENGONA Jean Baptiste went to the forest and BOME Leopold killed an elephant, a fully protected species. They were apprehended by the police.
Language of document
French
Reference number
No. 020/2007
Charges
Killing and complicity of killing of a fully protected species and possession of a war weapon and ammunition.
Species
Transnational
No
Decision
Malanda-Massengo was found not guilty of charges against him; Bome Leopold and Engona Jean Baptiste were found guilty of charges against them.
Appealed
No
Penalty
BOME Leopold was sentenced to 2 (two) years imprisonment; ENGONA Jean Baptiste was sentenced to 18 (eighteen) months and a fine of XAF 75,000 (seventy five thousand). An arrest warrant was established against him; The court ordered the integration of the PMAK war weapon into the central store of the ZMD No 5 and the transfer of two ivory points to the wildlife administration, ordered the return of the 308 caliber weapon No 138356 to its owner MALANDA MASSENGO. The accused were ordered to pay the costs; The duration of the imprisonment is default of payment was set to 20 (twenty) days for the court fees and 2 (two) months for the fine; The accused were sentenced to a firm imprisonment because the facts against them were sufficiently serious.