TWO people have admitted multiple charges relating to two out of control dogs after 11 sheep were mauled on fields around Brantham.

Vanessa Bice, 40, and Warwick Foreman, 52, appeared before magistrates in Ipswich on Tuesday to face charges relating to a number of incidents.

On August 9 last year, three sheep were found by a sheep owner in Gravel Pit Lane, Brantham, with two so severely injured they both had to be put down.

Two weeks later, on August 23, the same victim found two more badly injured ewes, with both needing to be put down.

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On August 30, two other breeding rams were attacked causing serious injuries, resulting in both being put down. The financial loss was £920.

Tragically, a further incident in the village on September 11 saw two critically injured ewes found, with one animal needing to be put down.

On Tuesday, Ms Bice, of Gravel Pit Lane, pleaded guilty to two charges of being the owner/person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control, and three charges of criminal damage.

Mr Foreman, of Compton Road, Colchester, pleaded guilty to four charges of being the person in charge of a dog worrying livestock and four charges of criminal damage.

Magistrates ordered an all-options pre-sentence report from the Probation Service and the pair will be sentenced for the offences on April 26 at Suffolk Magistrates' Court in Ipswich.