A Limpopo farmer and three accomplices were to appear in the Hoedspruit Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday after allegedly ”feeding” a ”troublesome” worker to a lion, a Johannesburg newspaper reported.
The men were arrested on Monday at a game farm near Hoedspruit after police recovered the skull of 38-year-old Nelson Shisane’s skull and part of his legs, police spokesperson superintendent Ronel Otto said.
According to Otto, witnesses said the farmer beat up Shisane, tied him up, drove him to the Mokwalo White Lion Project farm and threw him over a fence into a lion enclosure.
The farmer and three workers then allegedly watched as a lion mauled Shisane and dragged him into bushes.
Apparently Shisane was recently fired after a dispute with the owner. He returned to get his clothes and other belongings. – Sapa