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flag Two UK students jailed for violently killing a sheep with fireworks, filmed and shared online, sparking outrage and leading to lifetime animal care bans.

flag Two former Plumpton College students, Leighton Ashby, 22, and Oakley Hollands, 20, were sentenced to prison for the brutal killing of a sheep in November 2023, involving 30 minutes of kicking, punching, and inserting fireworks into the animal’s mouth and anus. flag The attack, filmed by Hollands and shared with peers, led to widespread public outrage, with over 80 pages of community impact statements. flag Both men, from farming backgrounds, admitted guilt in August 2024, with Ashby receiving a two-year sentence and Hollands 20 months in a youth offender institution. flag The court heard disturbing additional footage of animal mutilations on their phones, and both were banned from animal care for ten years.

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