A farmer in west Mayo who has had 14 sheep stolen from him has said that livestock thefts are being underreported for fear of being penalised by the Department of Agriculture.
The husbands of two of the victims discovered them Wednesday, lying dead in a dried-up creek bed in the Utah backcountry. Strewn near the bodies were spent shell casings and a shotgun shell. Drops of blood and footprints led from the scene to a Buick car hidden under a tree, prosecutors wrote in a charging document.
A Derbyshire woman has offered a £1,000 reward after large driveway gates were stolen from the entrance to her family's rural land. The 20ft-wide metal driveway gates, valued at about £5,000, were taken from Moor Lane in Little Eaton over a six-hour period on Monday afternoon and evening. The theft has left the entrance to the property unsecured and exposed valuable equipment inside the land.
With his three killers to be sentenced on Thursday, friends and family remember a 'strong and quiet' man who was the victim of a shocking assault in his home The obscene brutality of the attack that led to the agonising and slow death of Tom Niland was laid bare at the ­Central Criminal Court yesterday. Mr Niland (75), a fit and healthy bachelor farmer in rural Co Sligo, was beaten beyond recognition by three criminals' intent on stealing his hard-earned money.
