Summary
Two students were sentenced for killing a sheep and using an explosive on it. Leighton Ashby received a two-year prison sentence, and Oakley Hollands is set to spend 20 months in a young offender institution. Both are banned from owning animals for 10 years.
Key Facts
- Leighton Ashby, 22, and Oakley Hollands, 20, were charged and sentenced for animal cruelty.
- They killed a sheep near Ditchling Beacon in East Sussex on November 2, 2023.
- Ashby was sentenced to two years in prison.
- Hollands will spend 20 months in a young offender institution.
- Both were disqualified from owning animals for 10 years.
- The attack was filmed, and footage was found on Hollands' phone.
- The judge described their actions as sadistic and said they posed a high risk to animals.
- Animal rights protestors gathered outside the court during the sentencing.
