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Man is fined for keeping pet alligator ‘received from a friend’ in his garden

The alligator, similar in appearance to this one, was kept in an outhouse in Ashley Betts's back garden. Photo: Getty

The alligator, similar in appearance to this one, was kept in an outhouse in Ashley Betts's back garden. Photo: Getty

Bryony Gooch

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An English man has been fined for keeping an alligator as a pet in his back garden.

Ashley Betts (32) from Rotherham pleaded guilty to breaching the UK’s Dangerous Wild Animals Act at Sheffield Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

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