Dar es Salaam, June 30 -- THE Court of Appeal has confirmed the 25 years imprisonment custodian sentence or 792m/- fine imposed on a wildlife poacher, Saganda Kasanzu, for unlawful possession and trade in four elephant tusks, which are government trophies.

A panel led by Chief Justice Ibrahim Juma and Justices Gerald Ndika and Mary Levira ruled against Kasanzu, the appellant, after dismissing his appeal in its entirety he had lodged to challenge the decision of the High Court on the matter.

"We are settled that the case against the appellant was proved beyond reasonable doubt. Therefore, we confirm the decision of the High Court. Consequently, the appeal stands dismissed in its entirety," the justices declared in their judgment delivere...