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Sam Russell

Jodie Marsh blasts ‘trolls’ as she appeals against animal licence refusal

Former model Jodie Marsh arrives at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court in Essex, where she is appealing against a decision by Uttlesford District Council to refuse an application to keep lemurs at her private sanctuary (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

Former glamour model Jodie Marsh defended taking a meerkat called Mabel to the pub during a court case to appeal against a council’s decision to refuse her application for a wild animal licence to keep lemurs at her animal sanctuary.

The media personality, who trained as a bodybuilder, said online trolls are behind much of the criticism of her animal sanctuary in Lindsell, nine miles north west of Braintree in Essex.

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