Man who was set to be UKIP Parliamentary candidate jailed for cruelty to animals

The BBC reports:

A farmer who was set to stand as a UKIP candidate in Cornwall has been jailed for four months for animal cruelty.

David Evans, from Week St Mary, near Bude, was also banned from keeping sheep and ordered to pay costs of £714.

At Bodmin Magistrates’ Court, he admitted six charges of causing suffering and improperly storing carcasses.

Animal welfare officers described conditions at Evans’ 40-acre holding as the worst they had seen.

On 6 February, inspectors found 145 sheep in such a poor condition that they had to be put to sleep.

They also found 119 carcasses in various states of decay scattered across the farm…

In October, when the case came to light, Evans was de-selected as the UKIP candidate for Camborne and Redruth.