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The cow’s real owner reported one of his 300 cows had been stolen in December 2017 after spotting it on David Owens’s field
Farmer David Owens, 51, had re-tagged the £3,000 heifer and claimed it as his own after it escaped from a neighbour’s field in St Clears, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Owens provided police with a cow passport, listing ear tag numbers for the cow and the animal Mr Owens claimed was its mother.But a warrant was issued for the cow and blood samples taken from it were successfully matched with other cows from its original farm.Dyfed-Powys Police used the DNA evidence in the resulting court case at Swansea Crown Court on Monday, which saw Owens plead guilty to theft.
PC Gareth Jones, the officer who took charge of the case, said his force was ‘proud’ of its achievement and vowed to continue using ‘innovative methods’ to get justice.
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