3 Farmers from Swansea jailed for running ''sheep brothel''

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3 Farmers Arrested in Wales for Running “Sheep Brothel”
Three men have been jailed after being convicted of running an animal brothel in Swansea, Wales.

The ring leaders Adam Cofferty and John Cofferty and their father David Cofferty ran a ‘gentlemen’s club’ known as “The Ram Inn” in Grange Road, Swansea.

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

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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 today, Thursday.

David Cofferty, 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 Cofferty 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.

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Cofferty 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 today’s 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.

“They were quickly charged and today is the culmination of a detailed investigation involving thousands of hours of work by officers.

The Cofferty’s were all consumed by their own greed and never gave a second thought for the vulnerable animals who were being exploited.

RSPCA Officers removed 47 sheep of various colors and breed from the property. Including a rare pigmy goat from south east Asia. It’s believed that the brothers charged varied rates, depending on the breed and quality of the animal.

“This case was never about targeting sex workers. It is about showing communities across Wales that we are determined to bring those involved in serious crime to justice.

“We’d continue to appeal to anyone with information about serious and organised crime to contact us. We will act on all the information that we receive.”

People can call detectives in Swansea CID or pass information direct to Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
 
It's fake.

http://www.thatsfake.com/were-3-swansea-men-really-arrested-for-running-sheep-brothel/

Were 3 Swansea men really arrested for running a sheep brothel?

FALSE.

Rumour about 3 men arrested and convicted for running a sheep brothel in Swansea, Wales, are running rampant on social media. The first instance of the story appears to have been published a website named LinkBeef.com and was later republished on other sites including a radio station. The original article on LinkBeef.com reads in part –

Three men have been jailed after being convicted of running an animal brothel in Swansea, Wales.
The ring leaders Adam Cofferty and John Cofferty and their father David Cofferty ran a ‘gentlemen’s club’ known as “The Ram Inn” in Grange Road, Swansea.
The brothers, 31 and 28 and father 52 admitted keeping an animal brothel between January 2011 and July 2015 and a jury took less than three hours to find them all guilty.

The more eagle eyed readers may have suspected foul play, and they would be right. The too-convenient-to-be-true story could be instantly dismissed as fabricated purely because the article claims the men were running the alleged brothel up until July 2015 – however the article itself was published only a week into July 2015, and any arrest, trial and subsequent conviction will of course take much longer than only a handful of days.

But of course we did a little more digging and found that this story has been reported by no other website other than sites that simply republished the LinkBeef.com article without any apparent source checking.

As for the image in the article showing a line of sitting men with sheep, that has been a “funny meme” on the Internet for years – so much so that it was practically impossible to track down the original source of the picture which must have preceded 2012. The Swansea logo on the wall has been digitally placed in the image.



LinkBeef.com incidentally isn’t a legitimate media or journalistic outlet of any kind. The have been known to publish nonsense from other fake news websites and articles they have published on the site include the “story” about how men who harass women online can’t win at Halo 3 and how singer Rihanna was caught “dropping huge farts in the bathtub”.

So, no, the website doesn’t print legitimate news. Thus since this is the single source for this tale, we can easily dismiss it as fake.
 
It's fake.

http://www.thatsfake.com/were-3-swansea-men-really-arrested-for-running-sheep-brothel/

Were 3 Swansea men really arrested for running a sheep brothel?

FALSE.

Rumour about 3 men arrested and convicted for running a sheep brothel in Swansea, Wales, are running rampant on social media. The first instance of the story appears to have been published a website named LinkBeef.com and was later republished on other sites including a radio station. The original article on LinkBeef.com reads in part –

Three men have been jailed after being convicted of running an animal brothel in Swansea, Wales.
The ring leaders Adam Cofferty and John Cofferty and their father David Cofferty ran a ‘gentlemen’s club’ known as “The Ram Inn” in Grange Road, Swansea.
The brothers, 31 and 28 and father 52 admitted keeping an animal brothel between January 2011 and July 2015 and a jury took less than three hours to find them all guilty.

The more eagle eyed readers may have suspected foul play, and they would be right. The too-convenient-to-be-true story could be instantly dismissed as fabricated purely because the article claims the men were running the alleged brothel up until July 2015 – however the article itself was published only a week into July 2015, and any arrest, trial and subsequent conviction will of course take much longer than only a handful of days.

But of course we did a little more digging and found that this story has been reported by no other website other than sites that simply republished the LinkBeef.com article without any apparent source checking.

As for the image in the article showing a line of sitting men with sheep, that has been a “funny meme” on the Internet for years – so much so that it was practically impossible to track down the original source of the picture which must have preceded 2012. The Swansea logo on the wall has been digitally placed in the image.



LinkBeef.com incidentally isn’t a legitimate media or journalistic outlet of any kind. The have been known to publish nonsense from other fake news websites and articles they have published on the site include the “story” about how men who harass women online can’t win at Halo 3 and how singer Rihanna was caught “dropping huge farts in the bathtub”.

So, no, the website doesn’t print legitimate news. Thus since this is the single source for this tale, we can easily dismiss it as fake.
FFS why let the truth ruin a good thread????
 

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