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Woman let 95 neglected animals live in squalor

  • RSPCA rescued 95 animals — 73 guinea pigs, 17 cats and 5 chinchillas — found living in severely overcrowded, squalid conditions.
  • Inspectors described it as one of the worst environments they'd seen; several animals needed emergency treatment and some were euthanised.
  • Owner Michelle Ashford was banned from keeping all animals except dogs for 10 years, handed a suspended jail sentence, fines and a rehabilitation order.
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