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Robert Iordan, aged 23, and Florin Nutu, aged 36, were both jailed for four years and four months on Friday by Judge Adrienne Lucking QC, who described the inhumane killing of sheep worth around £10,000 as gruesome and distressing.
Judge Lucking also sentenced Viorel Manu to a custodial sentence of two years and 11 months after hearing that the 39-year-old father-of-nine was involved in only one albeit serious offence.
All three men, previously of Dunsink Road, Aston, Birmingham, appeared in court via a prison videolink, while barristers in the case presented their submissions by a telephone link set up due to the coronavirus crisis.
Opening the case against the men, who admitted conspiracy to steal at previous hearings, prosecutor Adam Pearson told the court there were concerns that stolen meat from sheep recently given medication was unfit for human consumption.
Judge Lucking also sentenced Viorel Manu to a custodial sentence of two years and 11 months after hearing that the 39-year-old father-of-nine was involved in only one albeit serious offence.
All three men, previously of Dunsink Road, Aston, Birmingham, appeared in court via a prison videolink, while barristers in the case presented their submissions by a telephone link set up due to the coronavirus crisis.
Opening the case against the men, who admitted conspiracy to steal at previous hearings, prosecutor Adam Pearson told the court there were concerns that stolen meat from sheep recently given medication was unfit for human consumption.