Six snakes died in squalor after a cruel reptile owner left them in a maggot-infested tank in a freezing garage.
Vincent Parkes avoided jail after animal cruelty inspectors found the remains of the pythons in his sister's garage which had a door hanging off and "smelt of death".
The creatures had sadly died of neglect after Parkes, from Northwich, Cheshire, left them in tiny vivariums - glass tanks used to house reptiles - in the garage without proper heating or even any water.
