Cleared of two charges

Cleared of two charges

Harry Sissen.denies six charges of illegally importing three Lear’s macaws and six blue-headed macaws into the UK. He claims the Lear’s macaws were bought legally on trips, or were donated to him. . He was also charged with illegally selling a palm cockatoo and a hyacinthine rnacaw. But Judge Guy Whitburn ordered the jury to find him not guilty of the charges after submissions by defence barrister Simon Farrell.

The case continues.

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 " Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret "

( If you drive out nature with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back)

Horace (65-8 BC)