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Crime and sport

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In 2006, Riaan Loots was playing for Rawsonville Rugby Club in a league match sanctioned by the Boland Rugby Union. Late in the match, Loots was knocked down and kicked in the head by Ben Zimri, the opposing team’s eighth-man. Loots suffered brain damage and later died in hospital. Zimri was convicted of culpable homicide and sentenced to five years in prison (see S v Zimri (Worcester Regional Court) unreported case 489/2008 (8 December 2008), confirmed on appeal by the Western Cape High Cour...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Law
Sub department:
Law Faculty
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd. Publisher's website
Journal:
South African Law Journal Journal website
Publication date:
2016-05-02
Acceptance date:
2016-03-17
ISSN:
1996-2177
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Pubs id:
pubs:624871
UUID:
uuid:65608786-1230-4c1a-b8ae-bf0bb31e8224
Local pid:
pubs:624871
Source identifiers:
624871
Deposit date:
2016-05-30

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