A pensioner who kept cats and chickens in ‘appalling’ conditions at her £1.1m mansion has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
Six pet cats were found living in small crates without food, water or bedding at Anik Sexton’s five-bedroom home, called The Old Rectory, in the village of West Parley, Dorset.
One kitten, called Timothy, was found paralysed with a fractured spine and had to be put down.
The 70-year-old was warned by RSPCA inspectors, who visited during the national Covid lockdowns in 2020, to improve conditions of the animals in her care.
But she ignored their advice and when inspectors returned
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