WINDHOEK, 30 OCT – The High Court here on Tuesday allowed four Chinese nationals each serving a prison sentence of 14 years to appeal against their long custodial terms.
The four Chinese nationals were arrested between March and May 2014 in connection with a rhino horn smuggling case and each was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by Windhoek Magistrate Alexis Diergaardt at the end of their trial on 30 September 2016.
The quartet, Li Zhibing, 53, Li Xiaoliang, 30, Pu Xuexin, 49, and Wang Hui, 40, appeared before High Court Deputy Judge-President Hosea Angula on Tuesday, when they were informed that the hearing of their intended appeal against their long prison sentences is now set down to be heard on 03 December 2018.
The date for the hearing of the planned appeal was decided upon as per agreement reached between the four men’s defence lawyer Nambili Mhata and prosecution representative Simba Nduna.
As per the agreement, Mhata is directed to file his heads of arguments on behalf of his four clients before the Registrar of the High Court before or on 14 November 2018, while Nduna has been ordered to do so before or on 23 November 2018.
In addition, the High Court assigned judges Alfred Siboleka and Boas Usiku to preside over the hearing of the appeal case.
Li Zhibing, Li Xiaoliang and Pu Xuexin were arrested at Hosea Kutako International Airport on 24 March 2014 with 14 rhino horns worth more than N$2.3 million and a leopard skin valued at N$50 000 stashed in their luggage.
Wang Hui is reported to be the kingpin in the rhino horn smuggling operation in Namibia.
He was arrested in May 2014 at the Windhoek Country Club Resort, where the other three convicts were accommodated before their failed attempt to leave Namibia on 24 March 2014.
All four men were found guilty on 16 September 2016 on charges of unlawful dealing in controlled wildlife products; unlawful possession of wildlife products and unlawful export of wildlife products from Namibia.
They were, however, acquitted on a charge of money laundering after the prosecution failed to prove this charge beyond reasonable doubt.
All four were arrested by members of the Namibian Police Force’s Protected Wildlife Resources Unit.
The four men are now serving their prison sentences at the Windhoek Central Correctional Facility.
(NAMPA)
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