Return of expenditure incurred and prosecutions taken under the Animal Health Act 1981 and incidences of disease in imported animals for the year 2016
Presented to Parliament pursuant to section 80 of the Animal Health Act 1981.
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March 2017
ANNUAL RETURN
ANNUAL RETURN MADE UNDER SECTION 80 OF THE ANIMAL HEALTH ACT 1981
This statutory return is required to be made and laid before Parliament in accordance with Section 80 of the Animal Health Act 1981 and includes only data relating to England and Wales.
The Scottish Government will compile a separate report.
The Report covers prosecutions taken under the Animal Health Act 1981 and other animal health and welfare legislation.
CONTENTS
ANNUAL RETURN
TABLE 1 Convictions achieved under the Animal Health Act 1981 and other 7 animal health and welfare legislation by local authorities in 2016
TABLE 2 Compensation paid for animals slaughtered to prevent the spread of 8 animal diseases in 2016
TABLE 3 Number of imported animals and birds landed and found to be affected 9 by a notifiable disease in 2016
ANNEXES Annex 1 Details of Convictions achieved 10
TABLE 1
CONVICTIONS ACHIEVED UNDER THE ANIMAL HEALTH ACT 1981 AND OTHER ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE LEGISLATION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN 20161
Policy area Convictions achieved:
Animal By-Products 22
Biosecurity (including animal gatherings) 0
Cattle Identification, Movement and Records 7
Sheep & Goat Identification, Movement and Records 3
Pig Identification, Movement and Records 3
Disease Control and Standing Regime Controls 1
Welfare on Farm (including Medicine Records) 31
Welfare during Transport 2
Welfare at Markets (and other places of sale) 0
Birds, Poultry and Hatching Eggs 0
Bovine Tuberculosis 4
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 0
Imports/Rabies 5
Equine Identification/Horse Passports 1
1 This return is compiled from information supplied to APHA by local authorities using Defra form AH134.
TABLE 2
COMPENSATION PAID FOR ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF ANIMAL DISEASES IN 2016
Type of disease Amount (£):
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy¹ Nil
Bovine Offspring Cull (BOC)¹ Nil
Cohort Cull¹ £68,160
Scrapie¹ Nil
Compulsory Scrapie Flocks Scheme² £475,000
Bovine Tuberculosis £44,623,948
Notifiable Disease £44,221
TOTAL GROSS COMPENSATION £45,211,329
Less receipts from salvage of carcasses:
Bovine Tuberculosis £12,680,842
TOTAL NET COMPENSATION PAID £32,530,487
Notes
All figures have been rounded up to the nearest pound (£).
¹ This compensation is paid under Regulations made under the European Communities Act.
² Compensation paid under this Scheme was first included in this report in 2006.
TABLE 3
NUMBER OF IMPORTED ANIMALS AND BIRDS LANDED AND FOUND TO BE AFFECTED BY A NOTIFIABLE DISEASE IN 2016
Legislation Type of animal Number Countries of Ports of landing Type of disease Methods of origin disposal N/A N/A Nil N/A N/A N/A N/A
Annex 1 DETAILS OF CONVICTIONS ACHIEVED
Local Authority Name and address Summarised nature of Relevant Act, Order or Result of offender each offence(s) Regulation**
Unnecessary Date of Hearing: 29/06/2016 suffering to 3 pigs. Place: Bolton Magistrates Animal Welfare Act Court 2006 Failing to provide Plea entered: Guilty
adequate diet, fresh Penalty: Community Order 12 John Norris Welfare of Farmed water, veterinary months, 150 hours unpaid Animals (England) attention and a dry work Bolton Council 7 The Avenue Regulations 2007 lying area. Costs: £1000 Adlington
Chorley Pigs (Records, Failing to notify the PR6 9RX Identification and BPEX pig movement Movement) (England) system of the number Order 2011. of pigs arriving at his holding.
The Haulage Holdings Date of Hearing: 31/03/2016 Animal By-Products Bradford Organisation Place: Bradford Magistrates Category 3 ABP (Enforcement) Metropolitan Court leaking from trailer (England) Regulations District Council Swales Moor Farm Plea entered: Guilty 2013 Halifax Penalty: £3000 HX6 6UF Costs: £820
Animal By-Products Bradford The Haulage Holdings Date of Hearing: 31/03/2016 Dolav containing ABP (Enforcement) Metropolitan Organisation Place: Bradford Magistrates fell from lorry (England) Regulations District Council Court 2013 Swales Moor Farm Plea entered: Guilty
Halifax Penalty: £9000 HX6 6UF Costs: £1027
Failure in duty of care Date of Hearing: 20/07/2016 Place: Cambridgeshire Failure to hold animal Magistrates Court by-products pending Plea entered: Guilty Animal Welfare Act Mr William Lloret-Jones disposal in an Penalty: £1,000 2006 approved manner Costs: £1,260
Cambridgeshire Fable Farm Animal By-Products County Council Newmarket Road Failure to comply with (Enforcement) Stow-Cum-Quy an animal by- (England) Regulations Cambridge products notice 2013 CB25 9AQ Illegal movement of animal by-products onto a farm premises
Illegal movement of Date of Hearing: 14/10/2016 David G Hartman bovine animals while Place: Llanelli Magistrates under TB restriction Court Carmarthenshire Trebersed Farm The Tuberculosis Plea entered: Guilty County Council Travellers Rest Failure to isolate (Wales) Order 2010 Penalty: 18 months conditional Carmarthen bovine animals in discharge Carmarthenshire accordance with a Costs: £2,000.00 fine and £15 SA31 3RR notice victim surcharge
Sheep and Goats Dylan Ceredig Evans Failure to report (Records Identification Date of Hearing: 01/02/2016 Ceredigion sheep movements and Movement) (Wales) Place: Aberystwyth County Council TirBlaenant Order 2009 Magistrates Court Glynarthen Failure to dispose of Plea entered: Guilty Llandysul sheep/bovine The Animal By Products Penalty: £1200
Ceredigion carcasses via an Regulations (Wales) Costs: £2055.33 plus £150 SA44 6P approved route 2014 Victim Surcharge
Failure to treat sheep Animal Welfare Act scab as required by 2006 good practice
Causing unnecessary suffering to a ram lamb
Date of Hearing: 13/9/16 Mr Lewis Jones Place: Aberystwyth
Causing unnecessary Magistrates Court Ceredigion Ynyshir Animal Welfare Act suffering to two Plea: Not Guilty County Council Eglwysfach 2006 sheep Penalty: £400 Machynlleth Costs: £2,564 plus a £30 victim Ceredigion surcharge SY20 8TA
Date of Hearing: 26/02/2016 Place: Bodmin Magistrates
Court Andrew John Arnold Plea entered: Not Guilty Ramtor Breach of Animal Animal Welfare Act Penalty: 8 week suspended Cornwall Council Welfare Act banning 2006 sentence (for 18 months) Ban Rosenun order on keeping/owning all animals Liskeard except a maximum of 40 Cornwall poultry Costs: £500
Date of Hearing: 18/03/2016 Place: Bodmin Magistrates Court Movement of TB Miss Amanda Miles Tuberculosis (England) Plea entered: Guilty restricted cattle Order 2014 Penalty: 70 days in custody
Cornwall Council Scraswdon (credit given for early guilty Failure to keep Golberdon Cattle Identification plea without which it would records or notify Callington Regulations 2007 have been 90 days), suspended cattle deaths Cornwall for a period of 12 months. Costs: £1545 & £80 victim surcharge
Date of Hearing: 05/10/2016 Place: Truro Magistrates Court Plea entered: 1-4 Guilty; 5 & 6 W David Ford Not Guilty Failure in duty of care Result: Found Guilty on 5 & 6 Higher Rillaton Farm towards pigs, cattle Animal Welfare Act Penalty: 7 year all- Cornwall Council Rillaton and sheep (6 2006 encompassing ban from Callington offences) keeping sheep Cornwall Costs: £12000 PL17 7PA Appeal on-going – listed for Plymouth Crown Court May 2017
Theresa Cowling Date of Hearing: 07/08/2016 Failure in duty of care Place: Truro Magistrates Court Animal Welfare Act Cornwall Council Higher Lamerton Farm towards pigs and Plea entered: Guilty 2006 Idless cattle Penalty: Lifetime ban – farmed Truro animals; 150 hours community Cornwall work order
PL19 8QU Costs: £1250 Appeal on-going – Listed 25/01/2017 Truro Crown Court
Causing unnecessary Date of Hearing: 15/08/2016 suffering to a sheep Place: Truro Magistrates Court Lawson Reginald Animal Welfare Act Plea entered: Guilty Chaplin Failure in duty of care 2006 Penalty: Lifetime ban – farmed towards pigs and animals; 6 week custody Cornwall Council Carn View sheep Animal By-Products suspended sentence for 2 Mount Hawke (Enforcement) years. Truro Failure to hold animal (England) Regulations Costs: £4907 Cornwall by-products pending 2013 TR4 8BD disposal in an approved manner
Date of Hearing: 09/03/2016 Daniel William Waring Sheep and Goats Place: Carlisle Magistrates Failure to report (Records, Identification Court Cumbria County Haithwaite Farm multiple sheep and Plea entered: Guilty Council Penton movements Movement)(England) Penalty: £233 for each offence Carlisle Order 2009 giving total fines of £2330 CA6 5QP Costs: £5275
Cattle Identification Failure to comply with Date of Hearing: 21/09/2016 Regulations 2007 Michael William Dixon a movement Place: Carlisle Magistrates
Cumbria County restriction notice Court The Disease Control Council Beech House Plea entered: Guilty (England) Order 2003 Aspatria Providing false Penalty: £23500
CA7 2PD information to the Costs: £3500
British Cattle
Movement Service in Magistrates sentenced for the relation to cattle 12 offences list on summons registrations and took account of 249 other similar offences Failure to notify the British Cattle Movement Service of cattle deaths
Failure to maintain an up to date record of cattle movements
Using an ear tag number on cattle that had previously been used on other cattle
Failure to comply with the 6 day movement standstill for cattle
Illegal movement of cattle where notice has been issued restricting movement under a general licence
Devon and Somerset Edgar John Keedwell Causing unnecessary Animal Welfare Act Date of Hearing: 12 & Trading suffering to sheep 2006 13/10/2016 Standards Breach Hill Farm Place: Weston-Super-Mare Service Chewstoke Failure in duty of care The Welfare of Farmed Magistrates Court
Bristol towards sheep Animals (England) Plea entered: Not Guilty - BS40 8YD Regulations 2007 convicted on all matters except Failure to hold animal one Animal Welfare Act by-products pending The Animal By-Products offence. disposal in an (Enforcement) approved manner (England) Regulations Penalty: (Sentenced on 8 Nov 2013 2016) 16 weeks custodial Failure to maintain sentence suspended for two animal by-products years and £5000 fine. records as required Disqualified from keeping sheep for life (starts 08/03/2017) Costs: £6363.95 plus £80 Victim Surcharge
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE to be heard on 9 Feb 2017 at Bristol Crown Court
Date of Hearing: 21/11/2016 Place : North & East Devon Magistrates Court Leon Henry Smith Plea entered: Guilty Causing unnecessary Devon and Penalty: suffering to pigs Somerset 1 Castleford House (1) Community Order for 12 Animal Welfare Act Trading Castle Road months with a Rehabilitation Failure in duty of care 2006 Standards Okehampton Activity Requirement for 10 towards pigs and Service Devon days; sheep EX20 1HZ (2) Curfew Order for 7 days per week between 7pm and 7am for 6 weeks; (3) A total ban on the keeping of all animals for 20 years
suspended for 28 days to allow for disposal of stock Costs: £1000 to be paid at £20 per month
Causing unnecessary Date of Hearing: 04/11/2016 suffering to sheep Place : Exeter Crown Court Animal Welfare Act Plea entered: Guilty Devon and Ken Tucker Failure in duty of care 2006 Penalty: 9 months custodial Somerset towards sheep, pigs, suspended for 12 months AND Trading 6b Curtis Gardens dogs and cattle The Animal By-Products a 3 year ban from keeping Standards Crediton (Enforcement) sheep/pigs/cattle – suspended Service Devon Failure to dispose of (England) Regulations for 42 days to allow for EX17 3BQ animal by-products 2013 disposal of his remaining stock without undue delay Costs: No information via an approved route
Date of Hearing: 13/04/2016 Place: Exeter Magistrates Mr Anthony Barrell and Court Mrs Bridget Barrell Caused unnecessary Plea entered: Guilty Devon County suffering to sheep Animal Welfare Act Penalty: 11 weeks custody Council The Nursery and failures in duty of 2006 suspended for 12 months. Disq East Stowford Manor care from keeping cattle, sheep, Chittlehampton pigs, goats for 7 years. EX37 9RU Costs: £280 NSP for other 3 offences
Failure to report cattle Durham County Simon Madrell and Cattle Identification Date of Hearing: 16/12/2015 movements, births Council Melvyn Madrell Regulations 2007 Place: Darlington Magistrates and deaths Court
School Cottage Plea Entered: Guilty Whorlton Penalty: Simon Madrell - 6 Barnard Castle month jail suspended for 2 years. 100 hrs community service, £1800 costs and £100 victim surcharge/ Melvyn Madrell - £1200 fine, £1800 costs, £120 victim surcharge
Mr Anthony Philip Date of Hearing: 22/01/2016 Coulson Place: Chelmsford Magistrates Court, Chelmsford, Essex Causing unnecessary Essex County Troy’s Farm Animal Welfare Act Plea entered: Not Guilty suffering to a bovine Council 97 The Street 2006 Penalty: £750 + £75 VS animal Black Notley Costs: £3000 to be paid within Braintree 2 months. Essex Total: £3825 CM77 8LL
Failure to operate as Date of Hearing: 06/01/2016 Gilders Transport Ltd a fallen stock Place: Cheltenham Magistrates Animal By-Products collector in Plea entered: Guilty Gloucestershire (Enforcement) Marlborough Cottage compliance with Penalty: fined £11,000 County Council (England) Regulations Gretton Fields approval conditions Costs: £4,662 2013 Cheltenham and legal Glos GL54 5HH requirements
Welfare of Farmed Mr Robin Charles Duell Failure in duty of care Animals (England) Date of Hearing: 05/01/2016 Hampshire to pigs and cattle Regulations 2007 Place: West Hampshire County Council 76 Sylvia Crescent Magistrates Court (sitting at Totton Causing unnecessary Animal Welfare Act Southampton) Southampton suffering to pigs and 2006 Plea: Guilty to offences 1, 2, 3,
Hampshire cattle 4, 6. Not Guilty to offences 5, 7, SO40 3LN 8 10 Results: Guilty on offence(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9. Offences withdrawn: 5, 7, 8, 10 Fines: No fines levied against defendant. 12 month supervision order with a requirement to undertake 180 hours of unpaid work (offence 1), No additional penalty (offence 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) Costs awarded made up as follows: £1,763.92 for offence 1. No compensation awards against defendant.
Date of hearing: 28/06/2016 Steven Entwistle Welfare of Farmed Failure in duty of care Place of Hearing: Unknown Animals (England) to pigs Plea: Unknown Herefordshire Hyson House Regulations 2007 Penalty: Community Order - County Council Lyonshall Causing unnecessary 100 hours Kington Animal Welfare Act suffering to pigs Costs: £500 plus £60 Victim HR5 3LN 2006 Surcharge
Animal Welfare Act Mr W Hyde Unnecessary 2006 Date of Hearing: 14/10/2016 suffering to sheep Place: Hereford Magistrates Herefordshire The Furlongs and pigs Animal By-Products Court County Council Little Hereford (Enforcement) Plea Entered: Guilty Ludlow Failure in duty of care (England) Regulations Penalty: Disqualified from Shropshire towards sheep and 2013 owning sheep indefinitely. He SY8 4LJ pigs can apply to the Court for the
Cattle Identification order to be reconsidered in 5 Failure to hold animal Regulations 2007 years. The order takes effect by-products pending from 15 December 2016. disposal in an The Veterinary Compensation - £5000 approved manner Medicines Regulations Costs: £1000 2013 Failure to dispose of animal by-products without undue delay via an approved route
Failure to maintain veterinary medicine records as required
Failure to notify cattle movements to the British Cattle Movement Service as required
Date of Hearing: 20/9/2016
Place: Canterbury Magistrates Atilla Istok The Rabies (Importation Court Kent County Illegal import of of Dogs, Cats and Other Plea entered: Guilty Council 50 Sandringham Road puppies Mammals) Order 1974 Penalty: 12 mth community Southampton order; 100 hours unpaid work, SO18 1JJ £80 victim surcharge Costs: £3000
David Black Unnecessary Date of Hearing: 14/7/2016 Leicestershire Animal Welfare Act suffering to sheep Place: Leicestershire County Council 2006 5 Surgery Close (illegal slaughter) Magistrates Court Somerby Plea entered: Guilty
Leicestershire Penalty: £225 + £26 Vic LE14 2BY surcharge disqualify the defendant in respect of Farmed Animals from owning them, keeping them, participating in keeping them and from being party to an arrangement under which the defendant is entitled to control or influence the way in which they are kept for a period of 5 years(s). Costs: £2000
Date of Hearing: 08 & 09/12/2016 Place: Lincoln Magistrates Animal Welfare Act Court Unnecessary 2006 Plea entered: Not Guilty (found suffering to pigs Mr GM Haynes guilty on all charges)
Welfare of Farmed Penalty: Sentence adjourned Failure in duty of care 65 Northorpe Road Animals (England) until 4/5/17 Lincolnshire towards pigs Donington Regulations 2007 Costs: Sentence adjourned County Council Spalding until 4/5/17 Failure to dispose of Lincs Animal By-Products animal by-products PE11 4XX (Enforcement) Originally 46 charges, reduced without undue delay (England) Regulations to 20 charges to ensure the two via an approved route 2013 day trial was sufficient time to hear all evidence. Charges were then reduced to 8 specimen charges on instruction by the judge.
Date of Hearing: 01/08/2016 Grasby’s of Hull Ltd Place: Boston Magistrates Court Causing unnecessary The Welfare of Animals Lincolnshire Camp Farm Plea entered: Guilty suffering to a pig (Transport)(England) County Council Common Lane Penalty: £2000 reduced from during transport Order 2006 Market Weighton £3000 due to the early plea York plus Victim surcharge £120 YO43 4LB Costs: TS £631.46 & Legal Costs £975
Date of Hearing: 22/03/2016 Caused a dog to be Sebastian Chrreszczyk The Rabies (Importation Place: Luton Magistrates Court Luton Borough landed in the UK in of Dogs, Cats and Other Plea entered: Guilty Council contravention of 45 London Road Mammals) Order 1974 Penalty: £280 Rabies legislation Luton Costs: £775 + £28 victim surcharge
John Sherwin Date of Hearing: 29/02/2016 Moving a hire bull Place: Newport Magistrates Newport City The Tuberculosis back to hirer without Council White Barn Farm (Wales) Order 2010 Plea entered: Guilty in Absence Bassaleg a TB test Penalty: £1000 NP10 8RR Costs: £592
Date of Hearing: 01/12/2016 Place: Norwich Magistrates William Hand Court Norfolk County Causing unnecessary Animal Welfare Act Plea entered: Guilty Council 5 Carrside suffering to horses 2006 Penalty: Lifetime ban for Ridlington equines and cloven hoofed Norfolk animals. 15 week prison sentence suspended for 12 months.
Costs: £300
Date of Hearing: 01/12/2016 Nathan Page Place: Norwich Magistrates Court Norfolk County Causing unnecessary Animal Welfare Act 5 Carrside Plea entered: Guilty Council suffering to horses 2006 Ridlington Penalty: 10 year ban for Norfolk equines and cloven hoofed animals. £296 fine. Costs: N/A
Date of Hearing: 27/05/2016 Allan Whitaker Animal By-Products Place: Skipton Magistrates Failing to dispose of North Yorkshire (Enforcement) Court Bowsber Farm animal by-products County Council (England) Regulations Plea entered: Guilty Clapham by an approved route 2013 Penalty: £1,500 fine Lancaster Costs: £1,055.47 LA2 8HJ
Date of Hearing: 22/06/2016 Animal By-Products Place: York Magistrates Court Causing unnecessary Richard Robinson (Enforcement) Plea entered: Guilty to charges suffering to pigs (England) Regulations 1, 2, 4,7,9,10,11 and 12. North Yorkshire Howe Hill Farm 2013 Charges 3, 5, 6 and 8 County Council Failing to dispose of Upper Dunsforth withdrawn. animal by-products York Animal Welfare Act Penalty: 160 hours community without undue delay YO26 9RX 2006 order Costs: £1,000
Animal Welfare Act Pembrokeshire Mr AH Davies Causing unnecessary 2006 Date of Hearing: 23/11/2016 County Council suffering to sheep Place: Haverfordwest on behalf of AH and NA Animal By-Products Magistrates Court
Davies Failure to hold animal (Enforcement) (Wales) Plea entered: Guilty Castell Dwynrain by-products pending Regulations 2014 Penalty: Conditional discharge Abernant disposal in an for 12 months plus full costs Carmarthenshire approved manner Costs: £3,525.04 SA33 5RS Failure to dispose of animal by-products without undue delay via an approved route
Date of Hearing: 24/08/2016
Place: Haverfordwest Martina O’Brien Transport of a dog in Animal Welfare Act Magistrates Court last 10% of gestation 2006 Plea entered: Guilty Pembrokeshire 12 Hamsey Green period Penalty: Band C fine, of £180 County Council Gardens Welfare of Animals on each offence, reduced to Warlingham Transport of puppies (Transport)(England) £120 on each offence because Surrey under 8 weeks of age Order 2006 of the early guilty plea CR6 9RQ without their mother Costs: £2,115.40
Date of Hearing: 19/10/2016 Place: Llandrindod Wells Mr Ivor Williams Magistrates Causing unnecessary Plea entered: Guilty Scaldings Farm suffering to a sheep Penalty: 1 – Previous 24 week Powys County Animal Welfare Act Llanstephen suspended custodial sentence Council 2006 Llyswen Failure in duty of care was extended by 6 months Brecon towards sheep 2 – Banned from keeping Powys sheep for 2 years LD3 0AX Costs: £2500 and £80 Victim Surcharge
Failure to hold animal Date of Hearing: 26/10/2016
by-products pending Place: Merthyr Magistrates Andrew Rees disposal in an Court Rhondda Cynon Animal By-Products approved manner Plea entered: Guilty Taff Borough Penylan Farm (Enforcement) (Wales) Penalty: £250 fine Council Ynyshir Regulations 2014 Failure to transport Costs: £1328.04 Victim Porth animal by-products in Surcharge £25.00 CF39 0AH a leak proof container
Mr Sandor Juhasz- Date of Hearing: 05/05/2016 Vedres Importation of dogs The Trade in Animals Place: Sheffield Magistrates Sheffield City without required and Regulated Products Court Council 2 Castledale Grove health certificate Regulations 2011 Plea entered: Guilty Sheffield Penalty: £1000 fine S2 1NJ Costs: £961
The Animal By-Products Movement of pigs Date of Hearing: 25/02/2016 (Enforcement)(England) without reporting Place: Sheffield Magistrates Regulations 2011 Mr Jose Carlos Dos Court
Santos Failure in duty of care Plea entered: Guilty Sheffield City Animal Welfare Act to a pig Penalty: £750 fine Council 2006 217 Fox Street Costs: £375
Sheffield Failure to dispose of The Pigs (Records, S3 9HD animal by-products Identification and via an approved route Movement) Order 2011
Importation of dogs Date of Hearing: 22/09/2016 without required The Trade in Animals Sheffield City Place: Sheffield Magistrates Mr Istvan Kiss health certificate and and Regulated Products Council Court failure to notify Regulations 2011 Plea entered: Guilty statutory body Penalty: £3000
Costs: £350 & £120 compensation
Date of Hearing: 05/05/2016 Place: Telford Magistrates Court Plea entered: Guilty Penalty: (Previous Convictions for 2008 also cited)
Ch. 3 and 9 withdrawn Causing unnecessary Animal Welfare Act “Disqualified for 10 years from Frank Davies suffering to a 2006 keeping Ovine animals as a protected animal Shropshire consequence of dreadful Meadow Place Animal By-Products County Council suffering and little Woolstaston Failure to dispose of (Enforcement) improvement to livestock Church Stretton animal by-products (England) Regulations conditions since commission SY6 6NN via an approved 2013 of offences”. disposal route 18 weeks custody suspended for 24 months. Disqualification suspended for 6 weeks to enable defendant to destock farm. Costs: £2,237.78
Date of Hearing: 15/02/2016 Place: Stafford Crown Court Failure to hold animal Animal By-Products Plea entered: Guilty Staffordshire by-products pending (Enforcement)(England) Penalty: Both counts 1 month County Council Rosemary Ann Watson disposal in an Regulations 2011 imprisonment, consecutive, approved manner suspended for 12 months. Costs: £11, 298 – to be paid within 12 months by sale of
land otherwise to be enforced in usual manner.
Date of Hearing: 06/07/2016 Place: Stafford Magistrates Court Plea entered: Guilty Penalty: Suspended sentence, 12 weeks concurrent, suspended for 12 months. Counts 1,5 & 11 - £450.00 Fine each count – Total £1,350 Counts 18 & 19 - £450.00 Fine each count – Total £900 Counts 13,14,15 & 16 - £450.00 Animal Welfare Act Fine for all counts – Total 2006 £450.00 Staffordshire Failure in duty of care James Gibson Counts 4 & 20 - £450 each County Council to cattle and pigs Welfare of Farmed count – Total £900 Animals (England) Total Fines: £3,6000 Regulations 2007 Costs:£2,500 Victim Surcharge: £45.00 Disqualification for life with no appeal for 5 years (suspended for 56 days to allow animals to be sold or disposed of) Disqualified from owning animals, keeping animals, participating in the keeping of animals, being party to an arrangement under which he is entitled to control or influence the way in which animals are
kept, dealing in animals, transporting animals, arranging transport for animals
Date of Hearing: 24/10/2016 Place: North Staffs Magistrates Court Failure to maintain Plea entered: Guilty animal by-products Animal By-Products Allan McMaster Penalty: 12 weeks records as required (Enforcement) imprisonment suspended for Staffordshire (England) Regulations Swanpit Pet Crematorium 12 months on each offence County Council Making false 2013 Gnosall running concurrent, 250 hours representations for Stafford unpaid work, 15 days gain regarding a Fraud Act 2006 ST20 0EE rehabilitation (dealing with horse thinking skills, behaviour) plus £340 compensation Costs: £1,499.00 plus £80 Victim Surcharge
Failure to ensure safe treatment of raw pet Date of Hearing: 21/11/2016 food during Place: North Staffs Magistrates Landywood Pet Foods manufacturing Court Ltd Animal By-Products Plea entered: Guilty Staffordshire Failure to ensure (Enforcement) Penalty: 2 charges: £3333.00 County Council 26 Power Station Road cleanliness of feed (England) Regulations reduced from £5000 for early Rugeley processing 2013 guilty plea; 1 charge: £3334.00 Stafford equipment reduced from £5000 for early WS15 2YR guilty plea. Failure to maintain Costs: £1,418.79 plus £170 animal by-products Victim surcharge records as required
Failure to ensure safe treatment of raw pet Date of Hearing: 21/11/2016 food during Place: North Staffs Magistrates manufacturing Court Janet Mayer Plea entered: Guilty Animal By-Products Failure to ensure Penalty: 2 charges: £1666.00 Staffordshire (Enforcement) 26 Power Station Road cleanliness of feed reduced from £2500 for early County Council (England) Regulations Rugeley processing guilty plea; 1 charge: £1668.00 2013 Stafford equipment reduced from £2500 for early WS15 2YR guilty plea Failure to maintain Costs: £700.00 plus £170 animal by-products Victim Surcharge records as required
Animal Welfare Act Date of Hearing: 22/08/2016 2006 Place: Stafford Crown Court Causing unnecessary Plea entered: Guilty suffering to pigs and Pigs (Records, Penalty: 10 month custodial sheep Identification and sentence.
Movement) Order 2011 Disqualification from Antony Bagshaw Failure to report keeping/handling/dealing in
movements of sheep Sheep & Goats farmed livestock for a period of Staffordshire Turnock House and pigs (Records, Identification 15 years. County Council Butterton and Movement) Leek Failure to report (England) Order 2009 Staffs death/movement of ST13 7TD cattle Cattle Identification Regulations 2007 Breaches of food safety legislation Consumer Protection for Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013
Roy Stephen Acreman Date of Hearing: 13/07/2016 Interference with the Place: Staffordshire Staffordshire Pool Farm TB skin test with the Magistrates Court Fraud Act 2006 County Council Levedale intention of making Plea entered: Guilty Dunstan gain Penalty: £80.00 Staffordshire Costs: £1,918 plus £20 Victim ST18 9AH Surcharge
Animal Welfare Act Causing unnecessary 2006 Date of Hearing: 21/06/2016 suffering to a bovine Place: Redhill Magistrates James Goffin animal The Mutilations Court (Permitted Plea entered: Guilty
Surrey County Longham Lodge Farm Failure in duty of care Procedures)(England) Penalty: 4 weeks imprisonment Council Tandridge Lane to bovines Regulations 2007 for each of the 6 charges, Lingfield suspended for 2 years. RH7 6LW Carrying out a Welfare of Farmed Costs: £1572 prohibited procedure Animals (England) on a bovine Regulations 2007
Date of Hearing: 28/07/2016 Robert Lorey Failure to produce Swansea City Equine Identification Place: Swansea Magistrates horse passports and County (Wales) Regulations Plea entered: Guilty Rosedale Farm Council 2009 Penalty: £1120 Birchgrove Obstruction Costs: £800 SA7 9EJ
Causing unnecessary Date of Hearing: 04/03/2016 suffering to bovines Place : Leamington Justice Centre Did not ensure needs Animal Welfare Plea entered: Guilty
of bovines were met Act 2006 Penalty: 24 week sentence Mr David Letherbarrow as required by good (suspended for 24 months)
practice Animal By-Products Costs: £11000 (includes £6000 Warwickshire Springfield Farm (Enforcement)(England) High Court costs) County Council Banbury Road Did not dispose of Regulations 2011 Oxhill animal carcasses via Warwick an approved disposal Cattle Identification CV35 0RP route Regulations 2007
Did not notify death of bovines
Mr Michael Rowley Date of Hearing: 14/01/2016 Failure to dispose of Place: Worcester Animal By-Product Worcestershire Bradley House sheep carcasses by Plea entered: Guilty (Enforcement)(England) County Council Rose Bank an approved disposal Penalty: Fined £1,500 and a Regulations 2013 Rous Lench route victim surcharge of £120 Evesham Costs: £1,200 WR11 4UJ
Mr Ventseslav Georgiev Date of Hearing: 24/03/2016 Rabies (Importation of Place: Worcester Worcestershire Illegal importation of 16 Old School Court Dogs, Cats and Other Plea entered: Guilty County Council a dog Hampton Mammals) Order 1974 Penalty: Conditional discharge Evesham for 12 months WR11 1XH Costs: £300
Date of Hearing: 21/04/2016 Place: Worcester Plea entered: Guilty Causing unnecessary Penalty: Community Order for Mr John Bruce suffering to bovines 12 months with the following Animal Welfare conditions 1. 200 hours of Ridgeway Park Farm Failure in duty of care Act 2006 unpaid work. 2. Rehabilitation Worcestershire Long Lane to bovine animals Activity for 10 days. In addition County Council Tilesford Cattle Identification there was a £60 victim Throckmorton Failure to register Regulations 2007 surcharge all repayable at a Worcester births of bovine rate of £2,000 per month. WR10 2JZ animals Banning Order to take effect at midnight on the 19/05/16 and to last for 2 years. This order is in relation to all livestock. Costs: £9,850
Mr WTL Jones Date of Hearing: 14/07/2016 Place: Wrexham Magistrates Breach of Animal Wrexham County Hafod Y Bryn Animal Welfare Act Court Welfare Act banning Borough Council Old Road 2006 Plea entered: Not Guilty order Bwlchgwyn Penalty: £600 Wrexham Costs: £460 LL11 5UH **Where a prosecution is taken directly under the Animal Health Act 1981 this is stated, otherwise the relevant legislation has been detailed.
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