Farmer pleads guilty to cruelty

30/08/2025

Sunraysia Daily

MALLEE farmer Steven Ralston has pleaded guilty in Bendigo Magistrates Court to 14 charges under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act – which included nine charges of aggravated cruelty involving 128 animals. Mr Ralston was sentenced to a six-month immediate term of imprisonment for the cruelty offences and further fined $10,000 for failing to […]

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