Animals and birds found as officers search caravan site in Middleton and address in Desborough
A woman has been charged with Animal Welfare Act offences after police and the RSPCA raided two sites.
Officers from Northamptonshire Police’s rural crime team went to Oakley Pak in Middleton, as well as an address in Desborough, on Tuesday (February 24) where they discovered animals and a large number of birds inside.
Sarah Jane Taylor, 58, has now been charged in connection with a number of offences under the Animal Welfare Act.
She is accused of breaching an Animal Disqualification Order including four counts of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and one of failing to meet the needs of an animal. She is also charged with one count of criminal damage and two counts of assaulting emergency workers.
Taylor appeared at Northampton Magistrates’ Court yesterday (February 26) where she pleaded guilty to breaching an Animal Disqualification Order and not guilty to the other eight charges.
She was remanded into custody and will next appear at Northampton Crown Court on April 15.