Breeder spared jail on ‘cat cruelty’
Tuesday 22nd December 2009, 5:30PM GMT.
A Telford cat breeder who kept 72 animals in such appalling conditions at her small home that 28 of them had to be put down has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Four dead cats, three of them kittens, were even found in Innez Tyrell’s freezer, Telford magistrates heard court heard yesterday.
Tyrell, who bred valuable Persian pedigrees and sold the kittens for up to £350, was banned from keeping cats for life.
The 60-year-old, of Wheatley Crescent, Hadley, admitted 13 charges of causing unnecessary suffering to animals.
The court heard that costs in the case ran to £150,000, with the RSPCA paying out £100,000 in cattery fees for the rescued animals.
Tyrell was ordered to pay £5,000 towards the costs, which she agreed to do at £25 per month, but the hearing was told the rest of the six-figure bill would be footed by the taxpayer and the charity.
Tyrell, who traded under the breeders’ title Amzini Persians, was given a four-month jail sentence, suspended for two years.
She was also ordered to do 240 hours unpaid work.
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