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Hillside Farm Animal Investigations... Above, our investigation is featured in the national press...

During our investigation at Simply Halal, a non-stun abattoir at We had hoped that the trial would send a clear signal that
Banham in Norfolk we obtained hours of harrowing footage of anyone abusing animals may end up in court having to explain
appalling treatment of the animals being killed there. This led their actions. However, while the District Judge expressed
to the closure of Simply Halal. However, we were extremely surprise that the maximum punishment he could give was
disappointed when the Food Standards Agency (FSA) granted a fine, the message from the court appears to be that very
approval for the manager at Simply Halal (Deborah Wilson - little will be done to punish those that would flout welfare
who we had filmed casually standing by as animals were suffering laws and inflict terrible suffering on animals.
terrible cruelty all around her) to set up a new company called
Norfolk Meat Traders and continue slaughtering at the site. The appalling cruelty exposed by Hillside is, in our
experience, all too common in slaughterhouses
We were able to continue monitoring the site and filmed across the country and it is worth remembering that,
Deborah Wilson again, this time involved in the slaughter were it not for Hillside, these dreadful acts would
of horses. It soon came to light that they had carried out an still be continuing behind closed doors, unchecked
illegal horse slaughter and so they also had their licences revoked! and unknown to the outside world.

Following that, another company ‘United Country Foods’ 55
applied for, and were granted, approval to slaughter from the
site. They were later wound up by the FSA due to unpaid debt.
Unbelievably, another company ‘Moor Farm Meats’ has been
granted approval to slaugther at the Banham site, again with
Deborah Wilson as a director!

In the meantime, after our footage had been handed to the
FSA, the CPS initiated a prosecution against business owner
Roger Carr and two of the slaughtermen. They were finally
brought before the court in 2018 but, despite having pleaded
guilty to a catalogue of animal welfare offences, Roger Carr
and the two slaughter men received fines of just £400 and
£600 respectively.