Wythenshawe, Manchester: Chantelle Jarvis

June 25, 2015 misanthropic 1 Comment

CONVICTED (2015) | Chantelle Jarvis, born 17/11/1988, previously of Benchill Avenue, Sharston, Wythenshawe, Manchester but as of 2019 living in Blackpool, Lancashire – left a starving dog locked in a filthy house for two weeks

Chantelle Jarvis pictured outside court — Chantelle Jarvis

Jarvis left black and white male cross breed Mylo wallowing in disgusting conditions, saying she could not afford to feed him.

Mylo was discovered after a housing officer visited the property to chase up rent arrears.

He found post hanging out of the letterbox and a ‘pungent aroma’ coming from the house. After revisiting the next day, there were fears over the welfare of Jarvis herself so police were called and an officer forced entry.

Inside they found Mylo gasping for water. He was so thin his ribs could be seen through his fur.

There was no food available whilst there was a cat litter tray with mould on it and large amounts of excrement in the house creating a smell so foul it stung the eyes of the police officer.

Jarvis eventually arrived at the property and insisted she had been feeding the dog, despite him being found to be severely emaciated, weighing around half what he should.

She claimed Mylo had always been thin, but his previous owner was spoken to and denied this.

Jarvis was convicted of causing unnecessary to an animal and failing to ensure its welfare.

Deputy district judge Edward Barr told her: “For whatever reason, for two weeks this dog was completely and utterly ignored.

“The conditions speak for themselves and the photographs showing them make for quite appalling viewing.”

Sentence: four months in prison, suspended for a year; 200 hours of unpaid work. Disqualified from owning any animal for life.

Manchester Evening News

Animal Abandonment, Cats, Dogs, Lifers, Multiple Species, rabbits, Reptiles / Exotics, Small Furries, Worst of the Worst

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire: Emma Clark

June 25, 2015 misanthropic 3 Comments

#MostEvil | Emma Louise Clark (also known as Emma Lounds or Emma Anderson), originally of St Peters Walk, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, and more recently at A1 Deerfield Road, March, Cambridgeshire PE15 9AH – starved three dogs, two cats, two rabbits, a pair of snakes and a lizard to death over a period of nearly four months

Emma Clark/Lounds, now of March, Cambridgeshire, left ten animals to starve to death

Clark’s pets included a German Shepherd called Beast, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Tyson and a Mexican hairless dog called Stanley. She also had a cat called Mittens, a kitten called Lucy and a leopard gecko called Leonard. Clark also had a boa constrictor and a corn snake as well as two domestic rabbits.

All of them died as a result of the neglect they suffered.

RSPCA officers had made numerous visits to the house between 1 November 2014 and 22 February 2015, but each time they were told by Clark all the animals had been re-homed.

When they were eventually discovered in March it is thought many of the creatures had been dead for months.

RSPCA officials said it was one of the worst cases of animal neglect they had ever seen, and totally avoidable.

Sheona Morley, from the charity, said: “In my 20 years, this is the most horrific case I’ve ever been to – it is also the saddest.

“It was absolute horror to see all those animals had died from starvation, left in their cages with no access to food or water.”

Magistrates told Clark her animals were effectively locked up and starved to death.

Sentence: 18 weeks in custody and banned from keeping animals for life.

Daily Mail

Dogs, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire: Kristopher Anderson

June 25, 2015 misanthropic Leave a comment

CONVICTED (2015) | Kristopher John Anderson, born 07/10/1984, of Jasmine Terrace, Aberdeen AB24 5LG – punched and kicked a terrified three-month puppy before throwing her at parked cars.

Dog abuser Kristopher Anderson from Aberdeen

Anderson admitted punching the Staffordshire bull terrier as well as repeatedly kicking her, before throwing her at parked cars on January 26, 2015, on South Silver Street, North Silver Street and Golden Square, Aberdeen. He then told police officers to kill the dog as he no longer wanted her.

The helpless animal was left with a large cut above her right eye which had to be stapled shut by a vet.

The court heard Anderson was seen by a witness and appeared to be drunk.

Anderson’s defence agent Neil McRobert said his client had issues with alcohol.

Sentencing: jailed for 20 weeks for the attack, failing to appear in court and breaching a community order. Banned from keeping animals for 10 years (expires June 2025).

Evening Express
Express

Updated 2016

In October 2016 Anderson appeared in court again after being caught with a puppy he had just bought. The outcome of this case isn’t known.

Dogs, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers, Worst of the Worst

Long Buckby, Northamptonshire (now Rugby): Steven Woodhouse

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CONVICTED (2015) | Steven Paul Woodhouse, born 02/03/1962, formerly of Old Watling Street, Long Buckby, Northants and more recently Foxfield Place, Long Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire CV23 9BF – drowned his neighbours’ beloved pet dog, Meg, and lied to cover his tracks

Airline pilot Steven Woodhouse of Long Buckby, and Meg, the dog he drowned because of her barking — Airline pilot Steven Woodhouse and Meg, the dog he drowned because of her barking

Border terrier Meg was bought as a puppy by Steven Woodhouse’s neighbours Alan and Alison Boddington for their late daughter Lauren, who passed away in 2008, aged 10.

Airline pilot Woodhouse claimed he had become fed up of Meg’s “yap, yap, yapping” and drowned her because he “just had to stop the noise”.

Woodhouse used a water butt in his garden to kill the dog on Saturday, July 26, 2014. He then stuffed the body in a bin liner and hid it in his shed.

The court heard he had tried to cut Meg’s microchip out, hacking her body to pieces in the process.

When the Boddingtons asked Woodhouse to check his outbuildings he panicked and hurled the corpse in a hedge.

Next he stashed Meg in a plastic box in his car boot before moving the body to a remote lane. He finally returned it to his shed.

When there was still no sign of Meg two days later, Alison went to confront Woodhouse and found the boot of his VW Golf unlocked.

She said: “I saw Meg’s fur and a knife and rope. I was shaking. I kept saying, ‘I knew he’d done it’.”

Woodhouse initially told police officers he had lost his temper with the dog and dumped her alive two miles away. He prolonged the family’s agony for a further five days before coming clean.

Steven Woodhouse leaving Corby Magistrates court in Northamptonshire after been found guilty of killing a neighbours dog named 'Meg'

Shortly after he killed Meg, the court also heard how the pilot had driven around with the body in the boot of his car, intending to dispose of it.

He even carried out an overnight flight to the Isle of Man with the body still in the car before returning home.

Mum-of-two Mrs Boddington, 48, had spoken of the heartbreak the death of the family pet had caused after the court hearing in December. “She was one of the only memories we had left of our daughter Lauren. There is just something missing in our house now.’’

Mr Boddington said Meg had brought their late daughter companionship during some of her toughest days. “If Lauren was poorly, Meg would lay by her cot. She was just a very kind, sweet-natured dog.”

He added: “She was only a small dog, it’s not like she was a big loud thing that was causing a lot of noise.”

Sentencing:
12-week suspended prison sentence; costs of £2,400 and victim surcharge of £180

The Sun
Northamptonshire Chronicle
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Dogs, Lifers, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers, Worst of the Worst

North Shields, Tyne and Wear: Paul Rush

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CONVICTED (2015) | career crook Paul David Rush, born 15/01/1979, formerly of Wooler Avenue, North Shields NE29 and as at September 2019 of Railway Terrace, North Shields NE29 6RP – left his dog in a comatose state and suffering from a fractured spine after viciously attacking him at a party.

Violent dog abuser and career criminal Paul Rush from North East England

Rush left cross breed Scoobie comatose on the floor of his North Shields home.

The pet had been badly beaten up during a house party and was left unconscious in the kitchen.

Scoobie was left to die by Paul Rush after being badly beaten — Scoobie was badly beaten and left to die

And when police attended Rush’s address and found Scoobie, he was just hours away from death.

Rush pleaded guilty to one count of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

Police were initially called to Rush’s home in the early hours of September 2, 2014, after neighbours reported hearing a woman scream.

Vicious dog abuser Paul Rush from North Shields

In the kitchen, they found Scoobie lying in his own faeces, unable to stand and unconscious. Rush denied there was anything wrong with the dog and attempted to make him stand.

The RSPCA were then called and took Scoobie to the vets. A CT scan revealed he had a fracture at the top of his spine, a broken right cheekbone and numerous broken ribs.

The spine fracture could have easily paralysed Scoobie or caused him to suffocate.

Abuse victim Scoobie after being nursed back to health

Thankfully the brave little dog began to respond to treatment. He underwent surgery and subsequently made a “miraculous recovery” with the only residual impairment being “a slighly wobbly walk”.

After the sentencing, RSPCA Inspector Trevor Walker said he was relieved that Rush had been banned from keeping animals.

“I feel the sentence fits the crime,” he said. “There had been a substantial and repeated trauma to this dog.

“From my point of view it is one of the worst cases of injuries caused to a dog I have seen.

“It’s unbelievable he’s survived, but he did and he’s now been rehomed.”

Sentence: jailed for 18 weeks and banned from keeping pets for life.

ChronicleLive

Updates

2019: Rush was sent to jail for eight weeks after assaulting two shop workers. He was living in Whitley Bay but is now back in North Shields.

2021: Rush back before the courts to face shoplifting charges. By now he had racked up 116 criminal convictions. The address given in the newspaper report was Stanley Street West, in North Shields.

Animal Abandonment, Dogs, Lifers, Worst of the Worst

Witham, Essex: Chernice Merton

June 11, 2015 misanthropic 1 Comment

CONVICTED (2015) | Chernice Louise Merton, who also uses the surnames Pursey and Leslie, born 11 May 1989, of Bramble Road*, Witham CM8 2GX – starved her pet dog to death.

Chernice Merton. — Dog killer Merton, a married mother-of-two, is also known as Chernice Pursey or Chernice Leslie.

Merton admitted failing to provide an appropriate diet and veterinary treatment for her dog, a two-year-old Jack Russell terrier cross called Bubbles, who was found emaciated and dead in her owner’s care.

The RSPCA was called in December 2014 after Bubbles’ emaciated body was taken to a vet. The vet found that she had been starved to death.

Bubbles, who was starved to death by her callous owner.

RSPCA inspector Sarah Elmy said: “This poor dog was completely skin and bones and the post mortem revealed she had starved to death.

“She had no remaining internal fat and her gastro-intestinal tract was empty except for a plastic sweet wrapper, which suggests she had been so hungry she had been forced to scavenge rubbish.

“There were no pre-existing abnormalities which could have explained this weight loss.

“Vet records also revealed that Bubbles weighed less when she was brought in at two years of age, than she had at ten weeks, when she was brought in for her second injections.

“It is hard to fathom how anyone could just leave an animal to suffer in this way. Bubbles must have experienced extreme suffering to have died in this sad way.”

Sentence: 100 hours’ unpaid work, £800 costs and £60 victim surcharge. Disqualified from keeping all animals for life

East Anglian Daily Times

*Updated address from December 2021:

Flemming Way
WITHAM
CM8 2GL

Dogs

Ipswich, Suffolk: Leanne Walsworth

June 10, 2015 misanthropic 1 Comment

CONVICTED (2015) | Leanne Rea Walsworth aka Annie Rea, born 16 October 1986, of Hayman Road, Ipswich IP3 0HD – neglected two dogs resulting in one needing his leg amputated

Single mother Leanne Walsworth admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a Lhasa Apso and to not meeting the needs of a Yorkshire terrier.

In February 2015, RSPCA inspector Nicky Thorne went to Walsworth’s home to find the rear garden covered in faeces.

Rocky as he was found at Leanne Walsworth's home in Hayman Road, Ipswich. — Rocky as he was found at Leanne Walsworth’s home in Hayman Road, Ipswich.

Lhasa Apso Rocky was “reluctant to move” and his leg looked “stiff, swollen and almost rotten”. His hair was matted to the point of being in “solid clumps”.

Ms Throne said: “The matting of his [Rocky’s] fur got so bad that it took hours to clip him. When we managed to get access to his leg we discovered that it had been left for so long that the skin and disease had rotted away, and the bone had become so infected that it was crumbling.

“It was too late to be able to do anything by that stage so poor Rocky lost his leg.”

Yorkshire terrier Jerry had some matting and overgrown nails and the vet determined that the dog’s needs had not been met.

Speaking after the hearing, the RSPCA inspector Ms Thorne said: “Rocky’s condition was truly horrific and one of the worst things the vet and I have ever seen.

“What makes the situation especially sad is that he was that he was previously a well cared for family pet, and the owner did not set out to be neglectful or cruel and has been very remorseful.”

Sentencing |12-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months. Ordered to pay a £80 victim surcharge and £400 prosecution charges. Disqualified from keeping, owning or controlling all animals for 10 years (expires June 2025).

Ipswich Star
Daily Mail

Dogs, Equine Abuse, horse traders, horses and ponies, Multiple Species, Pet Profiteering, puppy farmers / traffickers, kennels, backyard breeders, Serial Animal Abusers, Small Furries, Traveller Animal Crimes

Bishop Auckland, County Durham: Johnboy Harrop

June 8, 2015 misanthropic 1 Comment

CONVICTED (2015) | puppy farmer John Watson Harrop (aka Johnboy Harrop), born c. 1980, of Green Lane Travellers Site, Bishop Auckland, Durham DL14 8RS – kept dozens of dogs and puppies in “vile” and “disgusting” conditions.

Police and the RSPCA visited Hostel Farm, in Addison Road, Toronto, near Bishop Auckland DL14 7RN, on 3 April 2014 and found a large number of animals causing concern.

Serial animal abuser Harrop, who in 2013 was jailed and banned from keeping horses for 10 years, admitted three charges of failing to take reasonable steps to ensure that the needs of the animals were met under the Animal Welfare Act.

Pony-tailed Harrop, who comes from a family of travellers, watched as Darlington magistrates were shown a video of the scene with commentary from RSPCA Inspector Caz Doe.

She described ferrets in cages full of faeces and waste, surrounded by bits of wood with nails sticking out.

A large dog – said to be a central Asian Shepherd dog – was housed in a “quite disgusting and completely unsafe” building.

More dogs, including a saluki, lurchers and spaniels, were kept in “vile” conditions with no clean, dry flooring and everything sodden with urine and waste.

Inspector Doe said in the video: “The dogs are just living in a sewer of their own waste.”

Prosecuting, Kevin Campbell said vets determined that the animals were not being kept in a suitably hygienic environment, which could ultimately have resulted in infectious diseases.

Simon Walker, for Harrop said there were 65 dogs, including some puppies on the farm premises, and 13 were removed.

Another member of the family, Jim Harrop, born July 1977, also of Green Lane Caravan Site, had a number of animal welfare charges against him dismissed with no evidence offered. He had denied the offences.

Sentencing | 12-month community order with 150 hours of unpaid work. Five-year ban on keeping dogs (expired 2020).

Northern Echo

UK Animal Cruelty Files

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