Zimbabwe: Supreme Court Overturns Nine Year Sentence in Pangolin Case

The Supreme Court has overturned the nine-year prison sentence of a man who was convicted in a high-profile operation involving the attempted sale of a pangolin trophy in Harare ruling that he had been wrongly treated as a criminal despite believing the trade was legal.

The case, which has wound its way through the courts for more than three years has exposed the fine legal line between fighting wildlife crime and ensuring that innocent people are not swept up in undercover operations.

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