Codnor horse owner fined over treatment of his animals
A horse owner has been given a community sentence and £4,000 costs in after admitting to several offences in relation to his piebald pony.
The 49-year-old, of Alfreton Road, Codnor, was told he must carry out 100 hours of community work and pay £4,077 costs to the RSPCA, who brought the case to court.
Tracy Gaskin admitted failing to take reasonable steps to ensure the needs of an animal for which he was responsible, failure to have a horse passport and three counts of allowing his horses to stray on roads around Ripley in September and October.
At a hearing on February 14, Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court heard that the horse had been found with injuries to its neck when it was tethered in a field off Whiteley Road, Ripley, in October.
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Magistrates allowed Mr Gaskin to keep the horse after he said the injury was caused by someone tampering with its tether.
Magistrates did not ban him from keeping animals as he has tended horses since he was a child and sells them for a living.
PC Anna Welberry, of Codnor and Waingroves Safer Neighbourhood Team, said: “We take animal welfare very seriously and will seek to work with the RSPCA to bring people to court if offences like these are committed.”
6 Comments
by Dave_Nottm
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 12:58PM
“It's the same with motoring laws, Stuntrider. They're frightened of a violent reaction from 'travellers', so they chase the rest of us for lesser ofences.”
by Stuntrider
Monday, February 25 2013, 10:21PM
“I just wonder why these laws apply only to certain sections of the population. Not far from where I live just over a week ago , a horse was found shot through the head, this was found at the side of three other horses which were tethered. I reported this to the police. The horses belonged to some travellers nearby. Upon further investigation by myself there was apparently another horse lying dead in the undergrowth. Obviously the police know about this and have not acted . These animals are kept in apalling conditions and there owner's have been reported before but to no avail. So in conclusion, if the police & RSPCA say they will prosecute, what they really mean is they will only prosecute one section of society.”
by make_redgreen
Monday, February 25 2013, 7:24PM
“Is this a part of the supply chain?”
by Coyote
Monday, February 25 2013, 6:08PM
“Piece of filth should have been locked up for a very long time.
Lets hope someone catches him in a dark allyway.”
by coralsea
Monday, February 25 2013, 5:45PM
“Lets hope that now people know where this cruel piece of vermin live that he will be forever looking over his shoulder”
by Mr_Rational
Monday, February 25 2013, 5:22PM
“Magistrates did not ban him from keeping animals as he has tended horses since he was a child and sells them for a living.
That's okay then: be as cruel as you like so long as you've done it all your life and sell them for a living.
Good work, 'magistrates'.”