A PARROT breeder was yesterday ordered to pay £130,000 in court fines at a rate of £150 a month.

Harry Sissen, 66, of Cornhill Farm, East Cowton, near Northallerton, North Yorkshire, spent eight months in jail after he was convicted of smuggling rare macaws in 2000.

He was ordered to pay £150,000 and was jailed again last year for failing to come up with the money.

He was released in January when he paid £50,000 towards the order.

In April 2003, Newcastle Crown Court ordered 140 of his birds to be seized by Customs and Excise officers.

Since then, more than 60 of the birds have died.

Yesterday Northallerton magistrates heard he still owes £100,000, and interest of about £30,000.

Mr Sissen, who appeared in court accompanied by his wife, Patricia, protested his innocence throughout the hearing and said his case was being looked into by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

He said: "I could be put out on the street for a slight paperwork offence."

After hearing details of Mr Sissen's financial circumstances, magistrates ordered him to start paying the money at £150 a month.

But chairman Michael Thomsett warned: "I should say this does not draw any line under the debt owing."

He said the sale of land belonging to Mr Sissen could still be enforced by other agencies.