Reply #7: Scott-Crossley not a bad person, says lawyer

[Judi Lynn]

Scott-Crossley not a bad person, says lawyer

September 30 2005 at 03:19AM

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High spirits: Mark Scott-Crossley, who was
found guilty of murdering his farmworker,
Nelson Chisale, was in a joking mood as he
chatted to his girlfriend during a break in the
trial at the Phalaborwa circuit court. Photo:
Bathini Mbatha, The Star

Mark Scott-Crossley - who threw a man to lions to die - was not a bad person.

This was heard at the Phalaborwa circuit court in Limpopo on Thursday.

"He (Scott-Crossley) has got good attributes," his counsel, Johann Engelbrecht, told Judge George Maluleke.

He was speaking during closing arguments in the deliberations on the sentence Scott-Crossley should receive for masterminding the murder of Nelson Chisale, who was assaulted and then fed to lions in Hoedspruit in January last year.
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