Wimmera shearer banned after animal cruelty

Erin Witmitz
Updated May 18 2017 - 2:23pm, first published May 17 2017 - 1:00pm
Naracoorte’s James Edward Barnett, 59, is the fifth shearer to be charged with animal cruelty offences this year.
Naracoorte’s James Edward Barnett, 59, is the fifth shearer to be charged with animal cruelty offences this year.

A CHAMPION blade shearer has been banned from working with sheep for six months after he beat a lamb with a hammer.

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Erin Witmitz

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