A 45-YEAR-OLD convicted of animal cruelty has been charged with breaching his bail conditions.

James Gray, of Chalk Lane, Hyde Heath, was photographed at a horse fair just days after being granted bail when he appealed against his conviction for animal cruelty.

Gray's bail conditions – given after he appealed against a 24-week prison sentence for nine counts of causing unnecessary suffering to animals and two charges of failing to protect animals from pain, injury, suffering and disease – stated he could not control, own or deal with equines.

He appeared before Aylesbury Magistrates Court on Friday, after handing himself in at Amersham police station earlier the same day.

During the hearing he was found guilty of two breaches of bail but cleared of two other similar offences.

A further hearing will be heard at the town's Crown Court. No date has been set for the next hearing.

Gray was granted further bail with six conditions, including not to keep any horse or equine and not to be within 100 yards of any horse or equine except at his home address.

He is also barred from attending any stable or other venue currently used to house horse or equines and from attending any horse or equine fair or any other event, public or private, at which any horse or equine are present.

Gray must also live and sleep in a caravan at his property and present himself to a police officer in uniform on request. Magistrates also imposed a curfew from 11pm until 5am.