A WHITE farmer convicted in the murder of one of his former black workers who was thrown into a lion enclosure was sentenced yesterday to life in prison.

A SOUTH AFRICAN farmer and one of his employees were found guilty of murder yesterday for attacking a farm worker with machetes and throwing him into a lion enclosure, bringing to an end a case that rattled a country long accustomed to violence and crime.

A South African farmer and one of his employees were found guilty of murder today for attacking a farm worker with machetes and throwing him into a lion enclosure, bringing to an end a case that rattled a country long accustomed to violence and crime.

The trial of three South Africans accused of killing a former farm worker by throwing him into a den of lions heard today that the victim closed his eyes and prayed before his grisly death.

Prosecutors in the murder trial of three men accused of throwing a man into a lion pen today asked the court to revoke bail for a white farmer who allegedly accosted a witness after his testimony.