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Captain pleads guilty over voyage that saw cattle crushed, dying of hypothermia on the Bass Strait

Dozens of cattle, including some that were crushed or dying of hypothermia, were left waiting for help from vets for more than six hours after a deadly Bass Strait crossing, a court has heard.

Ship master John McGee today pleaded guilty in a Tasmanian court to one count of using a method of management likely to result in unreasonable and unjustifiable pain and suffering over the 2016 voyage in the MV Statesman.

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