The District Court hears Richard Arends was the 'principal offender' in a scheme to steal cattle from neighbouring pastoral stations.
Gascoyne pastoralist Richard Arends has been sentenced to three years in jail for cattle stealing and possession of stolen property.A Gascoyne man has been sentenced to three years' jail and ordered to pay $100,000 in compensation for stealing more than 150 cattle from stations in Western Australia's north-west.
Additional earmarks were cut into the cattle in an attempt to conceal the Maroonah and Mangaroon earmarks and to replace them with Edmund ones. "In relation to the stealing of the cattle, you have gone to some length, in my view, to attempt to justify, excuse and minimise that offending, and also apportion blame on others," she said.
The court was told police intercepted phone conversations of Arends as part of Operation Topography in late 2020. The government is barracking for wage rises and rate cuts. Can it have both? The budget will offer a clue
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