Cruel farmer costs RSPCA pounds 30k a mth; WRANGLE.Byline: AIDAN McGURRAN THE RSPCA RSPCA (in Britain) Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals RSPCA n abbr (Brit) (= Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) → SPA f is spending pounds 30,000 a month to care for sick horses rescued from starvation at a farm. Charity staff have been looking after the animals since they were seized from vile owner Jamie Gray Jamie Gray (1988) is a Scottish murderer who, along with Edith McAlinden and John McAlinden, was involved in a triple murder dubbed 'The House Of Blood' killings in Glasgow, Scotland, on October 17, 2004. . The 45-year-old was convicted of cruelty in January last year, jailed for 24 weeks and banned from keeping animals for life. But he is appealing against the conviction so the RSPCA cannot rehouse re·house tr.v. re·housed, re·hous·ing, re·hous·es To provide with new, usually improved housing. rehouse Verb [-housing, -housed or sell the 150 animals until the hearing is over as he wants some back. And the care cost could top pounds 1million by then. The huge bill emerged yesterday after Gray lost an appeal at Oxford crown court to overturn the pounds 3,000 costs of a civil case awarded against him. Gray's son Jamie, 16, and other relatives were also convicted of cruelty after the RSPCA found 32 dead horses at the farm in Hyde Heath, Bucks. CAPTION(S): APPEAL Farmer Jamie Gray |
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