Bristol Crown Court bans couple from keeping animals
Bristol Crown Court. - Credit: Archant A couple who left dogs and cats to suffer from untreated eye and dental problems have been banned from keeping animals for seven years. Jacqueline and Peter Portingale, aged 75 and 76 respectively, who lived in Lower Weare at the time of the offences and have since moved to Stoke-on-Trent, have been found guilty of animal welfare offences and were sentenced at North Somerset Courthouse, following a prosecution by the RSPCA, on December 15. An inspector from the animal welfare charity was called to the couple’s former home in Turnpi...
Source: thewestonmercury.co.uk