Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Offences

Animal cruelty

Where

Co. Kilkenny

Reporting

1 report, 3 Dec 2024 to 3 Dec 2024

Outlets

kilkennypeople.ie

• Father of eight jailed for animal cruelty at Kilkenny Circuit Court Animal cruelty · Co. Kilkenny

  Ricky Carthy, a father of eight, was prosecuted over the treatment of two lurchers kept at the Wetlands Halting Site in Kilkenny. Gardaí, animal welfare staff and a vet searched the site under warrant on February 24, 2021, and the animals were seized and given veterinary treatment; the article gives the offence date as February 24, 2023. In July, Carthy was tried at Kilkenny Circuit Court, where he was acquitted on two counts and convicted on two counts of animal cruelty. He was later sentenced to 14 months in prison and banned for 10 years from keeping dogs or working with animals, as reported in early December 2024.

  Sentenced, 3 Dec 2024Convicted · 1 report

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1. 3 Dec2024
   Sentencedkilkennypeople.ie, in Father of eight jailed for animal cruelty at Kilkenny Circuit Court

   Kilkenny Court: Father of eight handed down prison sentence for animal cruelty

   convicted, Ricky Carthy, male, named, irish (judged from name)Ricky Carthy♂IE

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