Glynne Sutcliffe, who kept kittens in her FREEZER and had over 100 animals in her home, is convicted of animal cruelty

AUSTRALIA -- An elderly woman has been found guilty of animal cruelty after 23 dead kittens were found scattered in her freezer and bins, with another 102 cats seized from her property by the RSPCA.

On Monday backyard cat breeder Glynne Sutcliffe, 75, was sentenced after a four year legal battle, which initially saw the Adelaide woman facing 23 charges of ill treatment of animals, according to ABC.

When Sutcliffe’s Chandlers Hill cattery was raided in 2011 20 dead kittens were found in bins, three dead kittens were frozen in the freezer and the property had ‘appalling conditions’ and the 'overpowering smell of urine and feces', according to The Advertiser.

In 2011 Adelaide backyard cat breeder Glynne Sutcliffe pleaded not guilty to 23 charges, but last month was found guilty of multiple counts of ill treatment of animals by an Adelaide Magistrates Court.

An Adelaide Magistrates Court found Sutcliffe guilty of multiple counts of animal mistreatment and banned Sutcliffe from having animals in her care.

She has been fined $7000 and ordered to pay the RSPCA over $16,000 in legal costs, vet bills and boarding fees.

Feces filled floors where the cats were forced to breed non-stop

It came after the Australian animal protection society was forced to euthanize '80 per cent of the 102 cats they seized', after finding the animals were suffering from feline AIDS or were feral.

The RSPCA said the cats were suffering from a range of untreated conditions including fight-wound abscesses, infectious diarrhoea, skin diseases, poor body weight and poor socialization.

The RSPCA claimed the woman failed to provide any care to the animals as her only interest in the cats was as a source of income.

"She is purposefully breeding these animals to make money and yet the animals that are providing that income aren't receiving even the most basic living conditions. This is a cat farm,’ RSPCA prosecutor Ronan O’Brien told the court last month according to ABC.

Sutcliffe represented herself in court and has long protested her innocence, blogging online about the victimization she believes she has experienced at the hands of the RSPCA.

She plans on lodging an appeal against her conviction, according to ABC.

(Daily Mail - Nov 17, 2015)