CONVICTED (2024) | Nathan Mark Hollis, born June 1983, of 6 Harvest Close, Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove B60 3QS – kept poorly sheep in appalling conditions.
Hollis pleaded guilty to four offences at Worcester Magistrates Court on June 21, 2024 including causing unnecessary suffering to three sheep.
He also pleaded guilty to failing to prevent other animals having access to carcasses, failing to dispose of carcasses without undue delay and failing to dispose of sheep carcasses in a manner prescribed in law.
Animal health officers from Worcestershire County Council’s Trading Standards visited land off Withybed Lane, Inkberrow, Worcestershire, alongside the Animal Plant Health Agency and an RPSCA inspector. There, they and found animals with maggot infestations so bad their skin was effectively decaying, rendering them unable to get up.
Further inspection of the land around the flock revealed several carcasses in various states of decay as well as a bonfire where there had been attempts to illegally dispose of some sheep carcasses in the same field.
Hollis was a director of TTL Agri Limited, the company registered as the keeper of sheep at this location.
Sentencing | 12-month community order with 270 hours of unpaid work; £6,448.96 costs and £114 victim surcharge. Banning order preventing him from any involvement with livestock for five years (expires June 2029).