CONVICTED (2017) | Orla Louise Shortt (aka Lilly May), born March 1994, of Granemore Park, Keady BT60 2GP – neglected and starved 15 horses.
Orla Shortt pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to 15 horses in her care
An animal welfare investigation was launched in 2013 after a complaint was made to Armagh City and District Council regarding the condition in which horses owned by Shortt were being kept.
Animal welfare officers, assisted by veterinary surgeons and supported by PSNI officers, examined more than 100 horses in Shortt’s care when they visited a property at Armagh Road, Keady.
According to the council, some horses were found to be malnourished, without food or water and kept in filthy conditions. Some 15 were certified as suffering by the veterinary surgeon
The case of animal cruelty was brought against the defendant by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council under the provisions of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.
Sentencing: three-month prison sentence suspended for two years; costs of £250. A pitiful two-year ban on keeping horses (expired January 2019).
What A Pathetic Sentence, for the state of them Horses.
She obviously made sure she has over fed herself, she is Fat to say the least.