Country
Territorial subdivision
Court
Type of court
Seat of court
Ouesso
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2012
Language of document
French
Reference number
No. 049/2012
Charges
Poaching, illegal possession of a war weapon
Transnational
No
Decision
Amadama Adji, Mepane Martin, Nene Marcel and Ngbangala Francis were declared guilty of poaching and illegal possession of a war weapon.
Appealed
No
Penalty
Amadama Adji was sentenced to twenty four months imprisonment, XAF 2,400,000 (two million four hundred thousand) as fines and XAF 200,000 (two hundred thousand) as costs; Ngbangala Francis, Nene Marcel and Mepane Martin were sentenced to twelve months imprisonment, XAF 230,000 (two hundred and thirty thousand) as fines and XAF 10,000 (ten thousand) as costs each; Amadama Adji, Mepane Martin, Nene Marcel and Ngbangala Francis were sentenced to pay jointly XAF 1,000,000 (one million) as damages; The Imprisonment in default of payment was fixed to fifteen days for the recovery of court fees, one month for fines and three months for damages.
Legislation cited
Law No 37-2008 of 28 November 2008 on wildlife and protected areas