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Tom's Farm - Anyone know anything about it?

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davidlandy:
....but its still a good offroad site

more people go, more he gets paid, = more food for animals

bensonsnuts:

--- Quote from: "davidlandy" ---....but its still a good offroad site

more people go, more he gets paid, = more food for animals
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Huh ! You really think so ??

extreme90:

--- Quote from: "SmokeyNtheBandit" ---Tom is currently in jail for failing to comply with a court order AFAIK
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no he is in jail cos he had a order against him for cattle, council went around and found sheep on his farm  :lol:
sent him down for 20 afink his son said  :?
ash if your going let me know as me and a friend want go over there, just need to get this winch bumper made when i cba to do it  :lol:
danny

SteveG:

--- Quote from: "freeagent" ---hardly a nice sounding chap.........?
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More like a case of someone in their seventies no longer able to cope with running a farm and still farming in the same ways when he started some 50+ years ago. He makes more money from the off-roading anyway so could stop but more likely down to the fact that he's been doing it all his life and doesn't want someone telling him when to stop.

Not condoning mis-treatment of livestock but I'm also not one to wade in with aspersions not knowing all the facts either.

Cheers

Steve :)

bensonsnuts:
Copied this out of a news report...........

Farmer jailed for cruelty


Llandrindod magistrates handed out a jail sentence and dire warnings this week to a Rhayader farming couple banned for life from keeping sheep, cattle and pigs after causing unnecessary suffering to sheep on their farm.

Farmer Thomas Steven John Breese, 64, of Cwmderw, Pantydwr, was jailed for 11 weeks. His wife Elizabeth, 63, was told: “While he was in prison you will be deemed to have sole responsibility. If you are brought before the court again you can guess what the consequences will be.”

At an earlier hearing at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court, the Breeses lost an appeal against their conviction and were given seven days to clear all livestock off their land.

The court was told sheep at the farm had to be destroyed by vets because they were emaciated, anaemic, had lice and were too weak to stand.

The court was told both Mr and Mrs Breese have previously been subject to banning orders. Mr Breese was banned from keeping bovine animals and sheep for five years in 2001, and Mrs Breese was banned from having custody of bovine animals for five years in 2004.

Judge John Curran dismissed the appeal on four charges relating to four specific animals, and ordered the couple to pay £5,500 costs at £500 month.

At Llandrindod this week, Mr Breese was ordered to continue to pay the £250-a-month half share of that. Mrs Breese was ordered to continue to pay her half share, plus an additional £400 costs imposed by Llandrindod magistrates, still at £250 a month. Her existing community order for unpaid work was revoked, and a new one of 200 hours imposed.

Mr Nigel Vaughan, prosecuting, said the judge at Merthyr gave the Breeses 14 days to comply with the order to get all livestock off their land, and said that if that were not done a custodial sentence should be considered.

“But when officers visited the farm on July 24, 21 days after the 14-day order was imposed, Mr and Mrs Breese still had the same herd there, in direct contravention of the ban,” he said.

“They have now admitted they are in breach of the court order. I ask the magistrates to consider the seriousness of this matter in light of the Crown Court judge’s statement.”

He said the Breeses had sold some of the sheep, but officers found other sheep still on the farm. “Mr Breese says the ownership of these sheep has been transferred to a farmer from Welshpool who is renting the grass keep, but there is no record of this transfer,” said Mr Vaughan.

He said the Breeses had a number of previous convictions and an assortment of orders had been made against them, but never before had a complete ban been imposed on the care, control or ownership of animals.

The Breeses asked at the Llandrindod hearing to have taken into consideration the matter of a ram found with its horn growing into its eye, damaging the eye and considered by a vet to be suffering distress. It had to be destroyed.

Mike Davies, defending, said the couple had been farming for well over 50 years. They were perhaps not in touch with modern farming methods.

“There has admittedly been a reluctance of Mr Breese’s part to accept the rulings but that doesn’t mean he has no remorse or that he doesn’t intend to abide by the rulings.”

I notice they were already banned when they were caught again . Out of touch is one thing , but I think an ounce of common sense would tell anyone that these animals were in no fit state !
 If the offroad site was as good as claimed - he should have concentrated on that . I don't think age is much of an excuse . I'm sure this "poor" farmer could have afforded a livestock keeper if he had cared to ?

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