Fisherman bags 12 months in prison for killing a shark in South-Africa

A South African fisherman who admitted killing a great white shark following a landmark trial in a
South African court has been sentenced to 12 months in prison.

Leon Bekker, of George, Western Cape, pleaded guilty to contravention of the Marine Living Resources Act which includes attempting to kill, disturb or be in possession of a white shark without a permit, Caters reported.
At the Mossel Bay Magistrates Court Bekker was handed a fine of more than £8,550 (R120,000) or a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for five years.

The unprecedented case, which is thought to be the first of its kind in the world, is the only great white shark conviction in an South African court to date - the first country to impose legislation in protecting great white sharks.
Culled from HUFF POST