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Man sentenced after aiding and abetting 'inhumane slaughter' of pregnant Lleyn ewe in Scunthorpe

Humberside Police Rural Task Force said the remains of the Lleyn ewe, along with her unborn lambs, had been found in an alleyway

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Humberside Police said Bogdan Gruia pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting in causing suffering to a protected animal and was ordered to pay a combined cost of £1,162
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Humberside Police said Bogdan Gruia pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting in causing suffering to a protected animal and was ordered to pay a combined cost of £1,162

A man from Scunthorpe who aided the ‘inhumane slaughter' of a sheep and discarded the remains of her unborn lambs in an alleyway has been convicted at court. Humberside Police North Lincolnshire's Rural...

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