Yearly Archives: 2017

Dogs

Leicester: Gina Inglis

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CONVICTED (2017) | Georgina Inglis, born  18/11/1975, of Thurcroft Close, Glen Parva, Leicester LE2 9NE – let her dog become severely emaciated

Feckless Georgina Inglis left Chance the dog to starve in conditions of filth and squalor
Feckless Georgina Inglis left Chase the dog to starve in conditions of filth and squalor

The German shepherd cross, known as Chase, was rescued from filthy conditions by the RSPCA on 16 September 2016.

On Wednesday 4 January 2017, his former owner Georgina Inglis pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to Chase by failing to investigate and address his poor bodily condition, and for failing to ensure his needs were met by failing to provide him with a suitable environment.

The court heard that Chase was being neglected by not being fed regularly and by not living in a clean environment.

The RSPCA’s Chief Inspector for Leicestershire, Jim Lucas, said: “The room of the house where Chase was living was very unpleasant – there was faeces and urine all over the floor and it had an extremely strong smell, as did Chase

“As a result of his neglect, Chase was severely emaciated. It was clear that he was not been cared for, and a lack of exercise meant that his claws had become very long. Unnecessary suffering had been caused for at least four weeks and his neglect would have been much longer.

“The RSPCA believes it is very important that people think carefully and do their research before taking on a pet, as what happened to Chase is an example of what happens when an animal doesn’t get the care they require.

“Thankfully, Chase is now thriving in our care. He is still recovering and is not currently available for rehoming, although we hope that it won’t be long until he can be available for adoption.”

Sentence: total fine and costs of £302; pathetic one-year disqualification order (expired January 2018).

RSPCA News

Animal Abandonment, Dogs, Lifers, Worst of the Worst

Walton, Liverpool: Andrea Davies

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#MostEvil | Andrea Hardingham Davies, born 05/04/1993, of Cherry Lane, Liverpool L4 8SE – left her two pet labradoodles to starve to death in an abandoned house.

Evil Andrea Davies from Walton, Merseyside, locked two labradoodles in a flat and never returned
Evil Andrea Davies from Liverpool left two labradoodles to die in agony.

Davies locked brothers Koda and Hachi in the property at Stepney Grove, Liverpool, and never returned – condemning them to an agonising death.

Davies failed to tell anyone that the dogs  were in the property, after she moved in with her mum and sister.

Evil Andrea Davies from Walton, Merseyside, locked two labradoodles in a flat and never returned

But her then landlord later called the RSPCA after entering the property on August 9, 2016, around two months after Davies abandoned the house in a filthy state.

RSPCA Inspector Helen Smith found the bodies of the two-year-old dogs decomposing in the kitchen of the property – next to an empty water bowl.

Inspector Smith said the smell of the rotting corpses forced one police officer who attended the scene to leave the house.

Davies pleaded guilty to two charges of animal neglect.

One of Davies's two victims.
One of Davies’s two victims.

Peter Mitchell, prosecuting on behalf of the RSPCA, told the court Inspector Smith was pointed in the direction of the kitchen by the landlord.

He said: “The door had been closed and when she entered she estimated the floor was 90% covered in dog faeces, some of which had gone mouldy. She saw the two dogs which were clearly dead, and in a bad state of decomposition.

“She could see they were badly malnourished and they were riddled with maggots.”

Dog killer Andrea Davies. Picture: Facebook.
Vile Andrea Davies blamed “depression” for her decision to leave two helpless dogs to starve to death.

Mr Mitchell said a post-mortem found the cause of death was likely to be dehydration, which would have taken around four days.

The court heard Davies admitted she had left the house, leaving a bowl of food and water, but then never went back.

James Hatton, defending, said his client had sunk into depression and had “buried her head in the sand.”

Speaking after the case, Inspector Smith told the Echo: “The vet told me the animals would have experienced dehydration very much like us, they would start to panic and pace up and down, then the headaches would start and then the nausea, and eventually they would lose consciousness.

“As far as I’m concerned she did this on purpose, she knew living things were in that house and she knew they would be dead. She could have asked her family for help, she could have asked her partner, she could have picked up the phone to us. The sentence shows we take this very seriously.”

“If she had asked for help she would not have been in court today and those dogs would be in new homes.”

Sentence: 16 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months; 16-week curfew, monitored by an ankle tag; total of £615 costs and charges. Banned from keeping animals for life.

Liverpool Echo

Cats, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers

Daventry, Northamptonshire: Stephen Welch

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CONVICTED (2017) | Stephen Welch, born 11/01/1958, of Wimpole House, Snowshill Close, Daventry NN11 8AH – killed neighbour’s pet cat after leaving cat food laced with antifreeze in his front garden

Welch pleaded guilty to leaving out the antifreeze, under section 7 of the Animal Welfare Act, in a case brought by the RSPCA.

The court heard that he put a bowl of cat food diluted with antifreeze beneath his car on 27 September 2016, after a neighbour’s cat injured a bird in his front garden

Four-year-old Charlie  ate the food and became ill. He was put to sleep the following day to end his suffering.

RSPCA inspector Susan Haywood said: “Welch admitted to putting the antifreeze down as he wanted to scare the cat away from his front garden, where he regularly fed wild birds. He said that he didn’t intend for Charlie to die, however very sadly antifreeze is extremely toxic and can cause kidney failure and death.

“When Charlie returned home he was struggling to walk and was crying. His owners took him to a vets, where sadly he deteriorated and was put to sleep later that day. Tests confirmed that he had ingested antifreeze.

“Charlie would have been in considerable pain in his last few hours as a result of this. It is extremely important for us to get the message out there that antifreeze is a very toxic substance which can cause unnecessary suffering to animals if it is ingested.”

Sentencing: total of £1,120 costs and charges. No ban.

RSPCA News
Daventry Express

Birds, poaching, shooting estates, Wildlife Crime / Bloodsports

Lytchett Matravers / Wareham / Ferndown, Dorset: Mark Mabey, Lewis Longstaffe and Edward Turner

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CONVICTED (2017) | vicious poaching gang Mark Amos Mabey, born c. 1964, of Wareham Road, Lytchett Matravers, Poole BH16, Lewis Todd Longstaffe, born 26 September 1994, of 128 Sandy Lane, Upton, Poole BH16 5LY, and Edward Turner, born c. 1965, of Lockyers Drive, Ferndown BH22 – found with 100 dead or injured pheasants in their car.

L-R Mark Mabey, Lewis Longstaffe, Edward Turnere

The court heard that at around 12.35am on Wednesday January 6, 2016, a land worker was alerted by an acquaintance to possible poaching activity taking place on the private land he manages to the north of Wimborne and alerted police.

The man located the offenders inside a Mitsubishi 4×4. The Mitsubishi reversed at speed toward the victim’s vehicle and crashed into it. The offenders also fired a steel shot at the man and his car, the court was told.

The man managed to reverse away from the offenders and lost sight of them.

The police helicopter tracked the men to Tarrant Monkton where they were arrested.

The Mitsubishi was recovered and examined. The boot contained more than 100 pheasants that were either dead, or alive but maimed.

Longstaffe, a former gamekeeper who is well-known to hunt saboteurs, has a previous conviction for poaching.

Mark Mabey was found guilty of affray. He also pleaded guilty to night poaching. He was handed a 10-month prison sentence suspended for two years, a 20-day rehabilitation order, 80 hours of unpaid work and a one-year exclusion from the estate where he committed the offences.

Lewis Longstaffe, a previous offender, and Edward Turner pleaded guilty night poaching. Longstaffe was fined £337 and ordered to pay £150 costs. Turner received a £202 fine and £150 costs. The pair were also handed a two-year restraining order that prevents them from contacting the victim or entering their land.

Bournemouth Echo

Update | October 2023

On Monday 23 October 2023, Mark Mabey was sentenced to five months in jail, suspended for 18 months, and banned from having anything to do with dogs until October 2030. He was also ordered to carry out unpaid work and subjected to a tagging order.

He was prosecuted alongside various relatives/associates (charges against others possibly dropped) after police seized 11 dogs from his home after they were deemed by a vet to be suffering.

Planet Radio

Animal Abandonment, Dogs, Traveller Animal Crimes, Worst of the Worst

Cowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne: Natalie Kilgallon

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CONVICTED (2017) | Natalie Kilgallon, born 31 December 1986, of Eastern Way, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE5 3HS* – left a poorly Dogue de Bordeaux alone in squalor for eight days; the emaciated dog had to be put to sleep

Natalie Kilgallon left her poorly Dogue De Bordeaux, Millie, alone at her house for 7 days

Kilgallon, who has links to the traveller community, left Millie  alone at her house between June 5 and June 13, 2016.

A concerned passer-by saw the dog in Kilgallon’s back yard and, shocked at her condition, posted a photo of her on Facebook. Kilgallon saw the post and was finally shamed into retrieving her dog.

Natalie Kilgallon left her poorly Dogue De Bordeaux, Millie, alone at her house for 7 days
Natalie Kilgallon left her poorly Dogue De Bordeaux, Millie, alone at her house for 7 days

RSPCA inspectors were alerted and seized Millie from Kilgallon’s mother’s home.

The court heard Millie’s ribs were “easily visible”, that she suffered a huge loss of muscle mass, had a greasy coat and her ears smelled strongly of yeast.

Natalie Kilgallon left her poorly Dogue De Bordeaux, Millie, alone at her house for 7 days
The conditions in which Natalie Kilgallon’s dog was found

The starved dog vomited on the way to the vets which, a vet concluded. was due to having been fed an overly large meal.

The same vet concluded Millie had been suffering from chronic kidney disease “for a long time”.

Natalie Kilgallon social media image

Millie was put to sleep to end her suffering.

Kilgallon initially claimed she had asked a friend to look after Millie, but later admitted in an interview that she had lied and had made no arrangements to care for her dog.

Sentencing | one-year community order; total of £200 costs and fines; banned from keeping dogs for five years (expired January 2022).

ChronicleLive

Updates

Address for Kilgallon as of late 2020:

Merlay Hall
Greenford Road
Walker
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE6 3XE

hedgehogs, Other Mammals, Worst of the Worst

Ipswich: Tyler Perkins

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CONVICTED (2017) | Tyler Perkins, born 13 October 1998, of Wherstead Road, Ipswich IP2 – stabbed a hedgehog to death

Twisted Tyler Perkins stabbed a defenceless hedgehog to death
Twisted Tyler Perkins stabbed a defenceless hedgehog to death

A support worker saw Perkins stab the hedgehog three times in his back garden in the early hours of September 9, 2016.

At 2am Perkins went outside for a cigarette with his support worker but a rustling noise caused by the hedgehog disturbed him.

He went back inside and grabbed something from the kitchen work surface before running into the garden again.

The worker said she then saw Perkins stab the hedgehog once with a knife, before stabbing it twice more with a frenzied action.

He then attempted to throw the hedgehog over his neighbour’s fence.

The teenager, who had been drinking, had become angry with the animal after he saw it going near his bike.

RSPCA inspector Jason Finch, who was called to Perkins’ flat after the attack, said when he saw what had happened he was horrified.

“The hedgehog would have suffered horrendously before it died,” he said.

“Hedgehogs are in decline and acts like this do not help”.

Sentence:  18-month community order with a 15 day rehabilitation activity requirement; total £385 costs and charges; banned from keeping animals for 10 years (expires January 2027).

Ipswich Star
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