A Ripon man is to be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to a string of animal welfare offences.

Michael Andrew Hawkswell, 45, of Nunwick near Ripon, appeared at York Magistrates Court on Wednesday, accused of breaching the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which forbids him from keeping animals.

Hawkswell, who is disqualified from keeping or owning animals, has been charged with possessing 76 birds and five other offences.

They include buying and transporting two goats, possessing seven sheep in his trailer, possessing a duck, unloading poultry from a vehicle into sale pens at Highgate auctions in Rotherham and buying and selling poultry.

Hawkswell was remanded on unconditional bail pending a sentencing hearing on September 8.

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A Ripon man disqualified from keeping or owning animals has been charged with possessing 76 birds and a string of other offences.

Michael Andrew Hawkswell, of Nunwick near Ripon, appeared at York Magistrates Court on Monday, accused of breaching the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which forbids him from keeping animals.

Besides possessing the birds, Hawkswell, 45, is charged with five other offences.

They include buying and transporting two goats, possessing seven sheep in his trailer, possessing a duck, unloading poultry from a vehicle into sale pens at Highgate auctions in Rotherham and buying and selling poultry.

Mr Hawkswell was remanded on unconditional bail for a medical or psychiatric report to be prepared.

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A man from Bishop Monkton charged with a string of offences against police officers and property faces trial at crown court.

Kevan Michael McGrail, 54, of Hungate Lane, appeared before York Magistrates’ Court on Friday to face 12 charges.

They included four counts of assaulting people by beating them, including three police officers, three counts of making threats to kill police officers, and two counts of damaging police vehicles.

He was also charged with damaging another vehicle, possession of a claw hammer, and possession of cannabis. The offences are alleged to have taken place at Harrogate Police Station and in Settle on October 25 last year.