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Local sheep breeder has charges stayed from 2012 case farmer approximately 18 months earlier. Her farm Hastings – Local Shropwas quarantined and her shire sheep breeder Monsheep were given live bitana Jones, who lives near opsies, but the biopsies Hastings, and Michael showed the rare ShropSchmidt, Ontario raw milk shire sheep in her flock crusader, had their charges to be free of disease. stayed Nov. 28th in court. Nevertheless, the The two farmers had CFIA issued a destrucbeen charged with crimition order for 31 sheep nal conspiracy and other with rare genetics, to offences in Dec. 2012, folbe carried out in April, lowing the disappearance 2012. The targeted sheep of Jones’s sheep from her disappeared from Jones’s farm farm the night before the Jones and Schmidt were CFIA arrived to slaughassisted by the Canadian ter them. A note from Constitution Foundation, the “Farmers Peace Corp a registered charity whose [sic]” was found saying mission is to defend the that the sheep had been constitutional rights of taken into protective cusCanadians. tody until proof of their In a statement issued by being diseased was prothe Canadian Constitution vided. Foundation, which providThe sheep were evened lawyer Karen Selick, of tually recovered afBelleville, for Jones from ter an extensive search 2012-2013 and for Schmidt throughout Ontario from 2010-2013, it was farming country. They stated that: were killed and tested “Justice Laura A. Bird for scrapie. All tested of the Superior Court of negative. Jones was never Justice accepted the subcompensated for the demissions made last week struction of her sheep. by defence lawyer GenThe quarantine of her evieve Eliany during a farm (which continues to three-day motion for disthis day) has prevented missal. Eliany argued that the delays in bringing the Local Shropshire sheep breeder Montana Jones, who lives near Hastings, whose sheep were seized and later slaughtered so her from conducting her case to trial were largely they could be tested for Scrapie, and Michael Schmidt, of Grey County, an Ontario raw milk crusader, had their charges stayed sheep breeding business and has severely impactthe fault of the prosecu- on Nov. 28th ending a case that has gone on for several years. ed her income. tion, and had not been Photo submitted In December 2012, four caused by either the acindividuals were charged cused or defence counsel.” waited for trial almost 48 months. for years in providing full disclo- ments for the defence to review. Among other things, Justice sure of important evidence to deJones was an Ontario sheep with criminal conspiracy and other The Crown has one month to Bird found that the Crown wast- fence counsel, even though defence appeal Justice Bird’s decision. breeder whose rare-breed flock charges relating to the violation of ed approximately 12 months on a counsel had sent a detailed list of However, according to the re- came to the attention of the Ca- the quarantine and destruction ormotion seeking (unsuccessfully) to required disclosure within the first lease, no appeal is expected. nadian Food Inspection Agency ders. One accused, Suzanne Atkinprevent Jones and Schmidt from month after charges were laid.” The Canadian Charter of Rights (CFIA) in early 2010, when an son, Warkworth, pleaded guilty in jointly retaining lawyer Shawn The Crown eventually provided and Freedoms guarantees the right Alberta farmer reported that an December, 2014. A second accused, Buckley. huge volumes of documents (for of an accused person to be tried animal on his farm had died of a Robert Pinnell, Grey County, had According to the Foundation’s example, 5,240 pages on a single within a reasonable time. disease known as “scrapie”. Jones his charges dropped by the CFIA in statement, “the Crown also delayed date) which necessitated adjournJones and Schmidt have already had sold an animal to the Alberta October 2016. BY SUE DICKENS