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.
MURDER RAP
Boy, 16, appears in court charged with murder of hero dad James Gibbons knifed by kids while helping homeless man
Updated: 7 May 2021, 13:44
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy has today appeared in court charged with the murder of hero dad James Gibbons.
The Good Samaritan, 34, was knifed to death in Laindon, Essex, on Sunday after offering a homeless man food from his barbecue.
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The dad-of-four was knifed to death in Laindon, Essex on Sunday after offering a homeless man food from his barbecueCredit: Essex Police
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James family have said they are broken beyond belief
A 16-year-old boy arrested shortly after the incident was charged with murder and appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court today.
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.
12:19 EDT, 7 May 2021
A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with murdering a Good Samaritan father-of-four, 34. Amazing James Gibbons was killed when he interrupted his twin daughters birthday barbecue to give a homeless man leftovers, witnesses said.
Mr Gibbons, a plumber known locally as Gibbo, was stabbed on an estate dubbed Alcatraz in Laindon, Essex, at around 9.30pm on Sunday.
Police believe he died after attempting to go to the aid of another man , as friends claim he chased a group away from the rough sleeper.
The teenager - who cannot be named for legal reasons - was remanded in custody following today s brief hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates Court.
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.