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Charged with throwing worker to lions

Pretoria: A white South African farmer and two black employees were accused on Tuesday of killing a black former employee by throwing him into a pen of five lions, which ate him. Mark Scott-Crossley (37), Richard Mathebula (41), and Simon Mathebula (43), pleaded not guilty to murdering Nelson Chisale (41), when their trial began in Phalaborwa, in the north-east of the country. Chisale was allegedly beaten, tied up and thrown to the lions on January 31, 2004, the South African Press Association reported. Mr Scott-Crossley beat Chisale, stamped on his head and threatened to shoot him with a rifle, but was dissuaded by several people present. Later that night, he drove Chisale and his employees to the Mokwalo White Lion Project at Hoedspruit, near the Kruger national park, where he helped them to throw Chisale into the pit. Police officers said they found a few bones, some shreds of clothing and the remains of one finger in the enclosure. Nearly 50 persons demonstrated outside the court when the trial began, demanding life sentences for all the three. —

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