Namibia: Jailed Farmer Gets Bail

AN OMARURU farmer sent to prison in April for killing a suspected poacher on his property has been released on bail pending the hearing of an appeal in the High Court.

The farmer, Adrian Lang, who is also a land surveyor, appealed to the High Court after Swakopmund Regional Magistrate Gaynor Poulton had turned down his bail application pending an appeal against his sentence.

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