Thirty to 40 men were seen at the farm paying £170 for pigs, which were then slaughtered.
A farmer who illegally slaughtered pigs has been fined £1,500 and handed a suspended prison sentence.
The county council said the pigs were being sold live for £170 each, before being illegally slaughtered on the premises. Emerson, 73, of Orchard Road in Broughton Astley, pleaded guilty to two charges under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 when he appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.He was given a five-month sentence, suspended for 12 months, and has also been banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
"All of those rosettes, trophies, accolades and titles all earned over time by your efforts and industry are now overshadowed," he said.
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