british animal abuser goes to jail

British Animal Abuser Goes to Jail-Again

This guy Roger Baker is a real bastard. He was just jailed for two

six-month prison terms and may lose his home (good!). He's already

received 12 jail sentences over the past 35 years for animal cruelty

and violence towards Government officers and the police.

The most recent incident involves a pair of rams that were so badly

infected with maggots that they had to be destroyed. Lots of other

animals in the past also had to be put down due to their extreme

suffering.

And get this.....

He was also jailed for holding Defra vet Susan Potter face-down in mud

and manure, nearly drowning her, and attacking Cornwall County Council

animal health inspector Jonathan McCulloch when they visited his site

in February 2002.

What a bastard.

His barrister had asked for him to be given a suspended sentence or

community service, but chair of the bench at Truro Magistrates' Court,

Ian Hope, told him: "We have studied your long list of previous

convictions which are of an abhorrent nature and make for truly

appalling reading.

"We feel we have no choice but to impose the maximum sentence at our

disposal."

Baker plans to appeal, of course.

Why is this bastard allowed to keep owning animals? Because the law

didn't prevent him from doing so....until now.

...officials believe the new Animal Welfare Act 2006, which came into

affect last year - too late to cover Baker's offences - will close a

loophole which has allowed his cruelty to carry on because lifetime

bans from keeping animals under the previous Protection of Animals Act

1911 did not exclude him from other activities, including owning,

transporting or caring for animals. Under the new act - previously

known as the Baker Bill, after the offending farmer - abusers can be

banned from 'owning or looking after animals and either dealing or

transporting animals'.

We'll see.