Rosa Sharkey and Sarah Foy, both 26, and Rose Patterson, 37, are on trial at Norwich Crown Court after being accused of stealing three lambs from Sandringham Estate on May 24, 2023.

The three defendants handed themselves in to Windsor police station and claimed the King “would have consented to the lambs’ rescue” due to concerns over animal welfare.

Sharkey, of Brighton, Foy, of Alfreton, Derbyshire, and Patterson, who said she lives in London, deny the theft of the sheep.

Sarah Foy (left) Rose Patterson (centre) and Rosa Sharkey (Image: Animal Rising)

During the trial, Sharkey told the........

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