CONVICTED (2020) | Naomi Rachel Knapp, born April 1960, of Wingfield Road, Knowle, Bristol BS3 5EQ, but with links to the Somerset village of Congresbury – for cruelty to a Shetland pony Naomi Knapp is banned from keeping equines until 2025 Knapp, who’s a founder/director of a Bristol-based Christian homeless charity, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a Shetland pony gelding at Moor View Farm, Congresbury, between January 22 and February 14, 2020. The nature of the cruelty or fate of the pony was not reported. Sentencing: community order. Disqualified from keeping equines for five years (expires July 2025). Bristol Post Update August 2022 Bristol Live reported that Knapp, a private landlord with a portfolio of 34 properties in Bristol, was banned from letting properties due to the poor conditions her tenants were living in. The case taken by Bristol City Council’s Private Housing Team found the rogue landlord was repeatedly failing to meet required health and safety standards. Knapp entered guilty pleas to multiple offences and was convicted of eight Banning Order offences. She will be added to the Governments database for Rogue Landlords. A commenter on the online newspaper article recognised Knapp’s name and alleged that her animal cruelty conviction involved “beating up” the Shetland pony. This is unconfirmed, however.