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06

Aug 2021

Crime
Crime

Ripon man to be sentenced for animal welfare offences

Published: 6 Aug 2021, 09:00 BST

by Calvin Robinson

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Michael Andrew Hawkswell, 45, of Nunswick near Ripon, pleaded guilty to six offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. He is due to appear for sentencing in September.

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A Ripon man is to be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to a string of animal welfare offences.

Michael Andrew Hawkswell, 45, of Nunwick near Ripon, appeared at York Magistrates Court on Wednesday, accused of breaching the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which forbids him from keeping animals.

Hawkswell, who is disqualified from keeping or owning animals, has been charged with possessing 76 birds and five other offences.

They include buying and transporting two goats, possessing seven sheep in his trailer, possessing a duck, unloading poultry from a vehicle into sale pens at Highgate auctions in Rotherham and buying and selling poultry.

Hawkswell was remanded on unconditional bail pending a sentencing hearing on September 8.



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