Ban for couple who left filly to die weighing just 82kg in ‘dreadful mistreatment’

A couple who “dreadfully mistreated” two horses so badly they both died, one weighing just 82kg, have been banned from keeping animals and given suspended prison sentences.

Bognor Regis pair Katrina Sullivan, 42, and 36-year-old Jamie Middleton, of Laurel Grove and Felpham Road respectively, were sentenced at Worthing Magistrates’ Court on 14 October. Both had pleaded guilty to two animal welfare offences.

The court heard that 18-month-old cob Sassy and three-year-old gelding Apollo had been left in fields...