Pair sentenced for theft of £30,000 of livestock in North East Scotland

Written by Rachel Martin

Two men have been found guilty of the theft of nearly £30,000 of livestock in the north-east of Scotland.

Lloyd Fowlie (32) and Craig Arbuckle (30) were convicted by jury at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Friday, December 20, 2019.


The pair were sentenced on Friday (February 7) and handed a community payback order of:

• 300 hours of unpaid work to be completed in 18 months;
• Supervision for two years;
• Restriction of liberty order for 11 months.

They had been charged with the theft of cattle worth nearly £30,000 from Kinellar and Monymusk in June and July 2016.

North East Division’s rural crime lead, Chief Inspector Norman Stevenson, said: “The conviction of Lloyd Fowlie and Craig Arbuckle is very much welcomed and a testament to all involved that rural crime and the safety of those in such areas is taken very seriously.

Enquiries of these types will be investigated fully and whilst the evidence capture is challenging, with the support of the community and partners to Police Scotland, a conviction has been secured in cases like these.

“We recognise the significant and devastating impact that rural crime can have on local businesses and the livelihoods of those living and working in our rural communities, which makes us all the more determined as a collective to identify and prosecute those responsible.

“The North East Rural Crime and Safety Partnership would like to assure the local community that our efforts to tackle this form of criminality will not stop and we will continue to work collaboratively to ensure rural crimes committed are robustly investigated and brought before the courts.”

National Farmers’ Union regional manager Lorna Paterson said: ” NFU Scotland cannot ever condone rural criminality within our community and anything relating to rural crime, be it livestock worrying or theft is a complete blight on the countryside.

We’d like to acknowledge the work of the North East Rural Crime and Safety Partnership and we are certain the wider rural community will be grateful for their efforts and success.

“NFU Scotland always welcomes the successes which our Police Scotland staff achieve through collaboration and we will continue to work closely with their staff and other stakeholders in order to mitigate incidents and activities of this type.”

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[David.]

Doesn't seem particularly severe.

 

[Hilly]

Might as well not botherd what a waste o time no wonder people steal.

 

[Hilly]

Might as well not botherd what a waste o time no wonder people steal.

 

[Chae1]

Might as well not botherd what a waste o time no wonder people steal.

Not much of a deterrent to others.

 

[capfits]

Not much of a deterrent to others.

Particularly when one of them had previously been up on firearms charges.

 

[Dave6170]

Pretty much got off with it

 

[Chae1]

Particularly when one of them had previously been up on firearms charges.

Ive known one of them for years. My friend used to fight with him at marquees!

 

[Dave6170]

Ive known one of them for years. My friend used to fight with him at marquees!

My wife says there were always fights at marquee dances down your way.

 

[Jim75]

I went to have a look at some in lamb ewes last yr through a livestock page, was all a bit strange from start to finish. Turned out it was over the hill from a certain farm. Got away with one there after doing a bit of digging

 

[Roger Perry]

You guys seem to accept rustling without much protest, must be something wrong with your law enforcement to just let it happen.
Be looking at some serious time in jail if that was in farm country USA.

 

[som farmer]

just a frigging joke, you would get a bigger sentence for failing/refusing to pay a motoring penalty, and they say ' crime doesn't pay'. Their solicitor probably said, 'deprived childhood, someone stole their toy sheep, when they were 6 , to get a lighter sentence !!!! police saying well done?..i'm disgusted.

 

[Cowcalf]

as cattle returned yo owner, a strong enough sentence guy the other day took £84k off old woman and got 2 year suspended sentence

 

[som farmer]

You guys seem to accept rustling without much protest, must be something wrong with your law enforcement to just let it happen.
Be looking at some serious time in jail if that was in farm country USA.

a lot of crime in the UK is just ignored, police will just give you a crime number, no follow up, no visit. If a case does actually gets to court, someone will always find an 'excuse' for the criminal, to get a lower sentence, then they are automatically released 1/2 way. So, if the police actually catch them, then the ;crown' prosercution, has to decide to go to court, or not, and punishment ? a joke, even 'community service' a laugh, few lads locally, haven't done 1/4, just find excuses not to go. So, what the hell can we do ? Catch them, rough them up ? They will torch your barn if you do. Definitely not allowed to shoot them !!

 

[Roger Perry]

a lot of crime in the UK is just ignored, police will just give you a crime number, no follow up, no visit. If a case does actually gets to court, someone will always find an 'excuse' for the criminal, to get a lower sentence, then they are automatically released 1/2 way. So, if the police actually catch them, then the ;crown' prosercution, has to decide to go to court, or not, and punishment ? a joke, even 'community service' a laugh, few lads locally, haven't done 1/4, just find excuses not to go. So, what the hell can we do ? Catch them, rough them up ? They will torch your barn if you do. Definitely not allowed to shoot them !!

Sounds like a big breakdown in the law enforcement business.
This is real serious stuff because at some point in the future (if not corrected) it will lead to a total collapse in the system, if that should happen it will lead to anarchy

 

[som farmer]

out in the sticks, we are on our own, police presence/patrol ? somewhere else !!!

 

[manhill]

Should confiscate their livestock and equipment.

 

[Chae1]

as cattle returned yo owner, a strong enough sentence guy the other day took £84k off old woman and got 2 year suspended sentence

Could the owner still sell them after they were returned?

 

[wr.]

There were two interesting posts here early this morning.