CONVICTED (2016) | Adam Elliott, born 04/05/1964, of Foxbourne Road, Balham, London SW17 8EW – neglected six puppies and their three-legged mother
RSPCA officers discovered three-legged Staffy Caramel and her six puppies in squalid conditions and without food or water at the Morden home Elliott shared with now ex-wife Rebeca.
Elliott admitted three charges relating to neglect of the dogs – two counts of not feeding them properly, and one of not providing them with a clean place to live.
The puppies, called Susan, Wendy, Jennifer, Carol, Fiona and Alison, and their mother, can now be re-homed.
RSPCA inspector Kate Fletcher said: “Caramel, in particular, was worrying.
“You could see her ribs and spine, and the environment was just unacceptable for all of them – especially such young pups – they were living in their own filth.”
Sentence: community order for 100 hours’ unpaid work; £720 in costs; disqualified from keeping dogs for ten years (expires February 2026).