Equestrian author gets life ban over horse neglect
A British adult woman who wrote books on Equus caballus assist has been banned from keeping them indefinitely next her conviction for Equus caballus neglect.
Lesley Skipper, 61, in addition to her hubby Brian, 56, of Stockton, had pleaded non guilty to 4 charges of causing unnecessary suffering to their horses in addition to ii of failing to ensure their welfare.
They were flora guilty on all counts after a four-day case final month.
The prosecution resulted from an RSPCA investigation which began inward mid-June final year.
It flora that ii of the horses at the couple’s Middleton stables had chronic laminitis, piece around other had severe dental problems.
The animals were living inward pathetic conditions, standing inward heavily unclean bedding.
An Arab stallion named Nivalis was euthanised on site. Two others were seat downwardly several weeks later on on veterinarian advice.
Lesley Skipper is a prolific equestrian author whose books include Understanding the Arabian Horse in addition to Realise Your Horses’ True Potential.
The pair were sentenced on Mon yesteryear magistrate Les Abbott inward the Darlington Magistrates’ Court.
He banned them from keeping horses indefinitely in addition to formally assigned ownership of the 4th Equus caballus to the RSPCA. The couplet were each ordered to pay £250 inward courtroom costs.
Their defense counsel, Ann Marie Gregory, successfully argued that whatever ban should relate exclusively to horses, because at that topographic point was no bear witness the couplet had always neglected their other animals.
The courtroom previously heard that Mr Skipper suffered wellness disorders in addition to the bedding became likewise hard to clear out yesteryear manus when the couplet came downwardly alongside the flu.
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