CONVICTED (2021) | Oliver Jones, born 16 October 1989, previously of Wood View Travellers Site in Leys Lane, Attleborough, Norfolk NR17 1NF and now Somerville, Peterborough PE4 5BB – for animal cruelty offences in relation to a starved foal with multiple health issues Oliver Jones received a 20-year ban on owning horses after admitting cruelty to a mare and her foal Oliver Jones was given a suspended jail sentence and banned from keeping horses after severely neglecting the foal, named Hercules Jones, who has a criminal record, was caught after trading standards officers were called to a site near Attleborough in 2019. The court heard how the emaciated foal was among thirteen horses found in a small paddock full of muck and rubbish with no grass, after council officers, alongside World Horse Welfare, visited a site near Attleborough on 30 July 2019. A vet who examined the pair at the scene was so concerned they were immediately taken away for emergency treatment, with the foal suffering multiple health issues relating to nutrition, worming, basic care, and for the malformation of the foal’s legs. Sadly, the mother of the foal had been severely affected by the neglect causing a chronic heart defect which later led to her sudden death. Hercules went on to recover in the care of World Horse Welfare, and two years after his rescue, is now in good health and waiting to be rehomed. Sentencing: 10 weeks in custody, suspended for 12 months. Banned from keeping horses for 20 years. Diss Express ITV News