A horse trader from Penygraid has been fined over £2000 after selling a horse without a passport.

Twenty nine year oldAlexandar Hill pleaded guilty to the charges of failing to fill in a horse passport correctly and also to one of ‘misdescription’ after lying about how long he had owned a horse.

Hill was fined £230 for the offences and ordered to pay over £1300 compensation plus £400 court costs.

The prosecutor told Rhondda Magistrates Court that Hill had ‘misdescribed’ how long he had the horse in order to gain a sale.

Hill claimed that he was just an amateur dealer and was therefore ignorant or horse passport regulations.