GERONIMO the alpaca has been granted a stay of execution until after a judicial review, which begins tomorrow.

       Fresh evidence will be given about the reported wrongful killings of two other alpacas which tested positive for bovine TB but were found to be clear after their deaths.

       Geronimo the alpaca has been granted a stay of execution until after a judicial review, which begins tomorrow Credit: SWNS

       Owner Helen Macdonald, of Wickwar, Gloucs, imported eight-year-old Geronimo from New -Zealand four years ago.

       Helen, 50, believes two previous tests on him returned false positives.

       She has been refused permission for a third.

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       But nearly 120,000 -people have signed to stop the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from having Geronimo put down.

       The case will go before Mrs Justice Stacey at the High Court in London.

       Helen said: “We fight on.”

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