Mystery after 13 lambs found dead with their necks ‘deliberately broken’

More than a dozen lambs found with their necks snapped (Picture: Getty Images)

Police are hunting a suspect after more than a dozen dead lambs were found at a farm in a ‘barbaric’ crime.

Thirteen lambs were found with their necks ‘deliberately broken’ overnight in Rostrevor, Northern Ireland on Saturday.

Inspector Reynolds said: ‘We received a report that the lambs had been killed at a farm on Drumsesk Road at some point between 7pm on Friday, 13th March and 7.45am on Saturday, 14th March.