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Alicia Victoria Keppel, 53, was sentenced at Hamilton District Court on Friday, on one animal welfare charge.
As well as the ban, Keppel has been sentenced to 100 hours community work and ordered to pay vet fees of almost $500.
Ministry for Primary Industries animal welfare and national animal identification and tracing compliance regional manager Brendon Mikkelsen said Keppel failed to provide proper care and sufficient food for her horse. The horse was Ms Keppel s responsibility and she failed to provide proper care and sufficient food for it. For a long period of time she didn t check on the horse, he said.
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The police have named the dead man as 57-year-old Simon Littlefair of Kawerau, who died on Wednesday.
The woman is due to appear in the Hamilton District Court tomorrow charged with assaulting him with a weapon. Share this