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Disgraced councillor Colin Brewer yesterday launched another shameful attack on disabled children, branding them runts who should be culled the way deformed lambs are.

The callous 68-year-old sparked further fury when he said there “may be a case” for treating the youngsters like sick animals in a bid to keep down the cost of caring for them.

Mr Brewer’s comments come two months after he quit his seat and apologised for claiming “disabled children cost the council too much money and should be put down”.

He was re-elected earlier this month.

He launched his latest rant in a chat with Disability News Service where he said farmers deal with deformed lambs by “smashing them against a wall”.

He added: “If they have a misshapen lamb, they get rid of it. Bang.”

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Mr Brewer discussed his views with a farmer from his Wadebridge East ward in Cornwall.

The councillor added: “He didn’t see a lot wrong with what I said, because it is ­something they do every day.

“We are just animals. He has a point, you can’t have lambs running around with five legs and two heads.”

When asked if he could ­seriously compare a ­disabled child to a deformed lamb, independent Mr Brewer said: “The cost has to be evaluated.

"It is not ­something I would like to do but there’s only so much in the bucket.”

Asked whether there was an argument for killing disabled children with high support needs to save cash, he replied: “Yes.”

A furious Disability ­Cornwall spokesman said last night: “It’s a sad indictment of our so-called civilised society that disabled children are increasingly discussed in the context of ­affordability.

“It’s particularly frightening these views may be held by someone in power.”

Mr Brewer won back his seat at the last election. He is on sick leave from his council duties.

About 70 people staged a protest at Truro town hall against his re-election.