From field to fork – They bought horses from private individuals promising that they would spend their retirement in the field and in fact sent them to the butcher
They promised the owners a peaceful retreat in the meadow for their horses, which they were actually sending to the butcher. Two horse dealers were sentenced to thirty months in prison, twenty-four of which were suspended, and a fine of 10,000 euros for fraud, this Monday in Marseille. Also convicted of forgery and aggravated deception and endangering consumers, brothers Mikaël and Sébastien Calichon, two forty-year-olds, will serve their six months in prison at home under electronic surveillance.
Some were unfit for human consumption
At the head of the Espace France Cheval company, the two brothers and the son of the second, sentenced to ten months in prison and a fine of 5,000 euros, bought horses from individuals promising that they would spend their retirement in the field, would be used for hiking or an equestrian center for the disabled. Using false breeder status and false names, the Calichon brothers were accompanied by their grandfather and assured the sellers that their animal would keep the nonagenarian’s mare company.
“Beyond the lie, this speech involves fraudulent maneuvers” constituting a fraud, explained the president, even if the court ruled out(…) Read more on 20minutes
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