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Canberra man charged with possessing piglets stolen from Yarralumla children’s zoo found not guilty
A man accused of keeping four stolen piglets in the backyard of a Canberra home has been cleared of all charges, after a magistrate found it could not be proven he lived at the house where they were found.
Key points:
- Owen Van Duren maintained he did not live at the house, and so could not possess any of the items listed
- The magistrate found the piglets had clearly been stolen, but their connection to Mr Van Duren was uncertain
- The piglets were stolen in August 2020 and returned to their mother the following week
Owen Van Duren, 39, was arrested after police discovered the stolen piglets in a backyard in Deakin a week after they were stolen from the Yarralumla Play Station.
They used a drone to confirm the piglets’ presence in the backyard…
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