Reader offers another �1k to find calf killers
A CONCERNED Hunts Post reader has offered �1,000 of his own money to help catch the people who killed a three-day-old calf in Brampton.
Derek Gladwin, 85, said he read in horror last week how animal thieves stabbed the calf in the eye with a screwdriver and left it for dead in a field off Bromholme Lane – part of Rectory Farm, Godmanchester.
He was so incensed by the attack he decided to add to the �2,000 reward being offered by the calf’s owner Basil King, for information leading to a conviction.
Mr Gladwin, of Biggin Lane, Ramsey, said: “As soon as I saw it published in The Hunts Post, I was so appalled I had to do something.
“No punishment is harsh enough for these kinds of people. I’m an animal-lover and I would do anything to help catch them.”
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Pc Simon Page, from the Cambridgeshire rural community action team, confirmed to The Hunts Post yesterday the screwdriver used in the attack had been sent out of county, at cost of �500, for additional forensic analysis.
The results are expected within the next two to three weeks.
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But farmer Mr King is still far from happy with the police and particularly Crimestoppers.
“Crimestoppers haven’t been helpful at all,” he said. “This is a gross animal cruelty issue and you’d have thought they would have wanted to be involved but nobody seems to want to do anything.
“They told me that they wouldn’t produce a poster. I could do that myself, but if I did I’d have to let them see it before I got it printed.”
Police confirmed the investigation is very much ongoing, and that they are still appealing for witnesses.
Mr King added: “I thank Mr Gladwin for his offer of a �1,000 towards the reward. He’s obviously a very concerned man. It’s a big thing to do and I take my hat off to him.”
INFORMATION: If you have any information about the incident at Rectory Farm, call Cambridgeshire police’s rural community action team on 0345 4564563 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111. The �3,000 reward will be paid for information leading to a successful prosecution.
