Caught, Twice?

As regular readers you may not appreciate the time and effort it takes to find stories that have that something  something that makes an article worthy of commentary.  Potentially long hours are involved or I can open my inbox and find a twisted offering from one of my old comrades in arms, five minutes and done.

I knew the British could be eccentric but this is out there.  I can hear the conversation in prison now. “What are you in for?” “Pimping Sheep.” I don’t think they are in for easy time.

3 Farmers Arrested in Wales for Running Sheep Brothel
By orb204 – July 18, 2015
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Three men have been jailed after being convicted of running a sheep brothel in Swansea, Wales.

The ring leaders Adam Cafferty and John Cafferty and their father David Cafferty ran a ‘gentlemen’s club’. The club was known as “The Ram Inn” in Grange Road, Swansea. In truth it was a sheep brothel according to reports.

The brothers, 31 and 28 and father 52 admitted keeping a sheep brothel between January 2011 and July 2015 and a jury took less than three hours to find them all guilty.

During their trial at Swansea Crown Court the jury heard they setup a website on the hidden “Deep Web” where people from all over the country could select the animal of their liking and book in for an appointment.

All have previous convictions for committing the same offence at the same address.

The two brothers and father were all sentenced to four years in prison.

David Cafferty, 52 years, had pleaded guilty to keeping an animal brothel at a previous hearing and was handed an eight month sentence suspended for two years.

During the trial David Cafferty said he and his sons were business partners. He said he knew the premises was an animal brothel, but that he was not involved in managing or organising it, and took no money from it.

Cafferty admitted he had “full knowledge” that the building was once again being used as an animal brothel. As well as various bedrooms, some with mirrored ceilings, one had buckles attached to a wooden frame.

Following the sentencing, Detective Inspector John Jones of Swansea CID, said: “All the defendants were arrested in early July as part of an on-going crackdown on organised crime in Wales.”