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Farmer jailed for stealing more than 600 sheep

Livestock owner targeted UK markets in seven-year sheep-swap spree

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A farmer has been jailed after police and trading standards officials succeeded in prosecuting the farmer over the theft of more than 600 sheep
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A farmer has been jailed after police and trading standards officials succeeded in prosecuting the farmer over the theft of more than 600 sheep

A farmer from Lincolnshire has been jailed after being found guilty of stealing more than 600 sheep from markets across the UK. Peter Parker of The Clays, Brant Broughton was sentenced to four-and-a-half...

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