King Charles estate lamb theft: Activists found guilty

A jury found three animal rights activists guilty of theft after they took three lambs from the King Charles’s Sandringham Estate.

The guilty verdict was given against Rosa Sharkey, Sarah Foy, both 26, and Rose Patterson, 37, in Norwich Crown Court.

The three convicts associated with the Animal Rising activist group, admitted taking the sheep, but denied charges of theft because the King "would have consented to the lambs' rescue" due to animal welfare concerns.

However, after three hours and 48 minutes of deliberation, a jury of five men and seven women unanimously came to a guilty verdict, according to GB News.

The incident took place on May 24, 2023, when the activists are said to have travelled to the farm and met by a driver in a small van, before gaining access to the field by climbing over "a low electric fence."

The driver of the van was not on trial.

After they spent the morning sitting among the flock, allowing the young animals to grow accustomed to their presence, they loaded three lambs into the vehicle and departed at approximately 8pm - some 12 hours after their arrival.

During her appearance Sharkey said the lambs have since been transported to an animal sanctuary. She, however, refused to disclose the location.

"I knew if I did know and I did tell them, the lambs would be taken back for slaughter," she said.