Life term for wife

THE Polokwane High Court handed a 44-year-old woman a life sentence for killing her husband during an argument, Limpopo police said yesterday.

Spokesperson Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said Carolina Catherine Visser complained about her abusive husband but never reported him to police.

“She never reported anything to authorities. But she shot him three times in the head. He was found dead on the bed at their home on February 19 last year in Kampersrus,” he said. The husband, Leon Potgieter, was 52.

Trial for ‘Lion Man’

“LION Man” Mark Scott-Crossley will stand trial for attempted murder in the Lenyenye Regional Court next month, Limpopo police said.

The Limpopo game farmer was charged with assaulting a wildlife centre worker last year. The Lion Man, so named after he threw a worker into a lion’s den years ago, allegedly drove his car over the worker twice. The employee, Silence Mabunda, was admitted to hospital after the incident.

Scott-Crossley was arrested in Pretoria in January.