Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Offences

Animal cruelty

Where

Co. Laois

Reporting

1 report, 11 Apr 2024 to 11 Apr 2024

Outlets

irishmirror.ie

• Laois farmer convicted of animal cruelty and banned from keeping dogs and cats Animal cruelty · Co. Laois

  John Dempsey, a farmer from Strahard, Mountmellick, Co Laois, was the subject of an ISPCA inspection at his property on July 28, 2022, and was served an Animal Health and Welfare Notice on September 5, 2022. A Shepherd was seized on January 4, 2023, after being found kept in breach of that notice, and on April 5, 2024, a dead sheep was found in a trailer with two lambs suckling from it. Mr Dempsey pleaded guilty at Portlaoise District Court to animal cruelty, failing to comply with the notice and failing to dispose of a bovine carcass, and was convicted on a Monday. The latest reported development, in an April 11, 2024 report, is that he received a five-year ban on keeping dogs or cats, a suspended three-month prison sentence, a €2,500 fine and costs of €3,233.16.

  Sentenced, 11 Apr 2024Convicted · 1 report

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1. 11 Apr2024
   Sentencedirishmirror.ie, in Laois farmer convicted of animal cruelty and banned from keeping dogs and cats

   Farmer convicted of animal cruelty after lambs found suckling on dead sheep

   convicted, John Dempsey, male, named, irish (judged from name)John Dempsey♂IE

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