‘This case still haunts me’: woman with life ban on keeping animals left horses to suffer alongside their dead companions *warning: upsetting pictures*

A woman who left 22 horses to suffer alongside the rotting bodies of others has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Kerry Anne Pickersgill and her daughter Ellie Newby, of Barnard Castle, County Durham, were sentenced at Durham Crown Court on Friday (13 February). Pickersgill, 48, had pleaded guilty to 15 offences relating to 22 horses and 21 dogs, and one count in relation to breaching a previous ban on keeping animals. Newby, 25, admitted two offences in relation to two dogs.