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Five men – including a farmer – sentenced after DNA tests exposed organised cattle theft on Anglesey

Police officers recovered 12 stolen cattle, with DNA tests on nine of them proving they were from an Anglesey farm in 2022

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
clock • 2 min read
Five men – including a farmer – sentenced after DNA tests exposed organised cattle theft on Anglesey

A group of men who conspired to burgle cattle from a farm on Anglesey have been sentenced at Caernarfon Crown Court. On December 10 2022, at the farm on the outskirts of Llanerch-y-medd, the livestock...

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