Fillean meal ar an meallaire.
Evil returns to the evil doer.
Arrest over animal cruelty IN DEATHS OF IRISH
WOLFHOUNDS
June 4, 2008 - 9:27PM
Bendigo (Australia) detectives have charged a Bendigo business
executive in connection with a spate of dog cruelty matters in the
central Victoria region.
Barry Patrick Rochford, 47, of Nankervis Road, Mandurang was
arrested by police this morning and taken into custody for
questioning before being formally charged.
Rochford is facing 13 charges, including two counts of theft
relating to five Irish wolfhounds allegedly stolen from properties
at Neilborough and Buninyong in April 2007 and November 2007, one
count of arson, six counts of animal cruelty, two counts of wilful
trespass, one count of obtain property by deception and one charge
relating to the alleged possession of articles for criminal damage.
One of the Irish wolfhounds allegedly stolen was found tied to a
tree in isolated forest near Lake Eppalock, south east of Bendigo on
Christmas Day last year. The animal had earlier been tethered in a
way that prevented it from moving, leaving it to die a slow and
agonising death in cruel circumstances.
Rochford appeared briefly before a bail justice in an out of
sessions hearing at the Bendigo police station just before 7pm last
night.
His application for bail was refused, and he was remanded to appear
in the Bendigo Magistrates Court today.
Rochford previously worked as the Bendigo Bank's general manager for
continuous improvement, as the chief executive of Bendigo Radiology
and currently runs his own financial services company, Barry
Rochford and Associates.
He has also worked in the local government sector, including senior
roles at councils in Castlemaine and Wangaratta, and then as chief
executive officer at Nillumbik Shire Council.
Source: The Age, Australia
