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Jail for Chinkapook farmer whose neglect caused death of 2,500 sheep
A Mallee farmer has been jailed for six months after government officials discovered more than 700 dead sheep on his regional Victorian farm. Steven John Ralston faced the Bendigo Magistrates' Court on Thursday on 76 charges, including aggravated cruelty to animals. The court heard Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) officers attended Ralston's properties in Chinkapook, north-west of Swan Hill, in November 2022 and found 52 dead sheep. Some of the surviving flock were in such poor condition that they had to be euthanased, the court was told. Officers returned more than 10 times between November 2022 and January 2023. Ralston was issued repeat notices to provide the sheep with feed and water and to treat them for flystrike. The court was told numerous sheep were found emaciated, fly-struck and unable to stand during the searches. DEECA euthanased 1,747 sheep and found 713 sheep dead on Mr Ralston's property during the three months. Only 120 sheep survived. The court heard Ralston had been farming since 1981, and the property was his family's farm. He acquired a large flock in 2022, after which the region experienced a major flood, which led to difficult farming conditions. The court heard Ralston had a history of neglect towards animals, including a fine in 2009 for driving into cows requiring them to be euthanased, and other neglect offences in 2020. He was disqualified from being in charge of any farm animal for 25 years and fined $65,000 in April 2023, after admitting to cruelty charges relating to more than 1,320 sheep. In sentencing, Magistrate Trieu Huynh said Ralston had continuously declined DEECA's offers of assistance and advice. He accepted the weather conditions played a part in the offending and that this was an act of neglect, rather than active cruelty. Ralston was jailed for six months and fined $10,000.

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WA teacher Harry Sing Wan Lagdon jailed after admitting 25 child sex offences
A WA teacher who groomed and had sex with a teenage student, then sent "depraved" online messages to even younger girls, has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Harry Sin Wan Lagdon, now 29, became sexually involved with the student when she was 15, and their encounters took place on the grounds of the regional high school where he taught and she was enrolled. Lagdon, who was nine years older than the victim, sent hundreds of videos and photos to her over 18 months. "Basically, explicit material every other day," District Court Judge Matthew Curwood said. The court heard sexual encounters between them took place in a classroom, a closet and a shed on the school's property, inside his car and at his apartment. It had all started with what the judge described as Lagdon's "grooming behaviour", providing gifts to the teenager including a necklace. Before long, the relief teacher was asking the girl for explicit photos, and sending images and videos of himself to her. The offending also included oral sex and indecent touching in various locations on school grounds, and sexual intercourse without a condom in his car and apartment. While Lagdon's lawyer described it as a "consensual relationship", the judge said it represented a "significant breach of trust" and the victim had nightmares as a result. After he relocated from the regional school to Perth, Lagdon started communicating online with three girls in Queensland, aged 12 to 13, pretending he was a teenager. Lagdon sent hundreds of messages, some of which the judge described as "depraved and offensive". The teacher asked for explicit images from the three girls and two of them complied. Judge Curwood told the court girls aged 12 to 13 were "inherently vulnerable to online predators" and "the psychological impact is likely to be profound and long lasting". Lagdon had pleaded guilty to 25 charges, including sexual penetration of a child over 16 under his authority, exposing a child under 13 to indecent matter, procuring or encouraging a child to engage in sexual behaviour, and possessing child exploitation material. The judge acknowledged Lagdon's pleas in February had avoided the need for a trial. Lagdon's lawyer Mark Gunning had told the court his client's actions had been "devastating" for him and his shame was "palpable". Mr Gunning said while the school student and Lagdon were "infatuated with each other", it was "totally inappropriate". He said his client acknowledged his teaching career was finished. Lagdon's total prison sentence of seven years was backdated to June 2024, with eligibility for parole after five years and nine months. The judge ordered that his mobile phone and laptop be destroyed.

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Croc Wranger: What happened while Seb was in a coma
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