Mansfield Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Lee Hayes neglected over 450 animals, including donkeys, horses, dogs, and other species, at Croftfield Farm in Sutton-in-Ashfield. The animals were found in filthy, overcrowded conditions with untreated issues such as overgrown hooves, lice, thrush, and dental disease. A large-scale rescue operation occurred on November 1, 2023, involving multiple charities, and several animals had to be euthanised due to their suffering.

Tammy Heath failed to meet the needs of two dogs, keeping them in filthy pens containing faeces and urine, with one dog pregnant at the time. This was part of the broader neglect at the farm involving over 450 animals in appalling conditions, discovered during a rescue operation on November 1, 2023.

John Evans, aged 34, stole food, drink, chocolate, and toilet rolls from a store in St Peter’s Retail Park on seven occasions in September. He was identified by CCTV footage, arrested, and initially denied responsibility by claiming the person in the footage was someone else. During his court appearance, he pleaded guilty.

On August 9, James Whitefield, who was agitated because his bills had not been paid, threw a rock at a support worker he generally gets along with. He got close to her with the rock in his hand, and she had to fend him off with her arm, after which the rock narrowly missed her and landed nearby. Whitefield has lived in supported accommodation since June 2023 following his elderly mother's move to a care home. He admitted the offence was committed on a reckless basis and claimed he would not intentionally hurt her.

Fraser Welsh, a 33-year-old RAF corporal formerly of Cranberry Close, Witney, Oxfordshire, was involved in a domestic incident on Clipstone Road in the early hours of August 15, 2024. He was staggering, drunk, and abusive. He sat in his car but did not drive it. Police observed him straightening the vehicle at the kerb and he failed to provide a specimen for analysis, blowing raspberries instead of completing the breathalyser test.