PICTURES: Inside the home where cats were kept in 'cramped and dirty' cages
A couple have been disqualified from keeping animals for 15 years after nine cats were found living in cramped and dirty cages in a locked room in their house.
Alan Robert Turner, 56, and Sue Elizabeth Turner, 60, both of Brooklands Gardens, Jaywick, were sentenced at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 5 May, where they pleaded guilty to several animal welfare offences.
The couple were keeping nine cats in small cages, covered in faeces and with little, or no food or water.
They also had a number of dogs, including terrier Dudley who was suffering from dental issues, skin disease and dry eye.