"Woman jailed for illegal kitten farm in Coventry"

A number of the kittens found eventually died



A cruel woman who ran an illegal kitten farm in Coventry has been jailed and banned from keeping animals for life.

Monika Listos kept a number of very young and sick kittens in a squalid empty house before selling them on the internet.

Listos, 26, would purchase the kittens from online adverts before flogging them on Gumtree for a profit.

She was investigated by the RSPCA following 46 complaints about her actions from concerned members of the public.

Prospective buyers reported that kittens were being sold which were too young to be away from their mum and many were gravely ill.

Listos, of Lauderdale Avenue in Holbrooks, was found guilty of two animal welfare offences following a three-day trial and was jailed for 20 weeks at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court.

She was also banned from keeping animals for life, ordered to pay £10,000 costs and a £115 victim surcharge.