article_snippet: Nicholas Wells, 37, of Bedworth, had pleaded not guilty, blaming a burglar for the offence - which was discovered by RSPCA inspector Louise Labram last June - but was found guilty after an eight-hour trial.
article_snippet: Nicholas Wells, 37, of Bedworth, had pleaded not guilty, blaming a burglar for the offence - which was discovered by an RSPCA inspector last June - but was found guilty after an eight-hour trial in Birmingham .
article_snippet: Nicholas Wells admitted owning this trap but said that normally Nicholas Wells would use eggs, cat food and dead chickens to catch foxes roaming around the area.
article_snippet: Nicholas Wells claimed that a burglar had brought a cockerel and had placed a cockerel in the trap - but Nicholas Wells argument was thrown out by the district judge.
article_snippet: Nicholas Wells was found guilty of using a live bird as a decoy for the purpose of killing or taking a wild animal and causing unnecessary suffering to ananimal.
article_snippet: an RSPCA inspector was fined £750 for each offence and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £75 and a contribution towards costs of £2,300.
highlights_snippet: Nicholas Wells, 37, had pleaded not guilty, blaming burglar for the offence .
  
highlights_snippet: But he was found guilty after an eight-hour trial in Birmingham .