Anger after farm worker who admitted animal cruelty is not jailed

Animal rights activists criticise suspended sentence given to apprentice Owen Nichol who was filmed attacking cow and calves

Animal rights activists have criticised a decision not to jail a farm apprentice who was secretly filmed hitting, stamping on and throwing newborn calves at a Somerset farm.

Owen Nichol, 18, who attacked the calves and a cow and repeatedly swore at the animals, was given a suspended prison sentence.