Pair face animal cruelty charges over 'crippled' monkey they sold for £650

A man and woman have been charged with animal cruelty after a pet monkey they sold for £650 was found to be 'crippled' by injury.

Lee Powell, 50, and Julie Ann Jones, 41, are being prosecuted at Dudley Magistrates' Court following the discovery of the marmoset's seven fractures.

The animal had to be put down after a vet found it had a vitamin D deficiency that had led to a metabolic bone disease.     Read Full