A man who was found keeping more than 50 pets in squalid conditions was already barred from keeping animals, a court heard.

Liam Reynolds, 34, of Plymouth was found to have been keeping cats, dogs, fish and birds in his cluttered and dirty home.

Pictures taken inside the home show piles of rubbish stacked on top of each other by a bed side, with clutter seemingly overflowing from a bed side cabinet including fast food boxes, plastic bags and bottles.

The sink in the kitchen was also filled with rubbish and dust.

It was found that Reynolds, who was initially banned from keeping animals in February 2019 after admitting two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and a further charge of failing to ensure the needs of six dogs, had breached his ban.