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Animal Abandonment, Dogs, Worst of the Worst

Narberth, Pembrokeshire: Deborah-Marie May and Victoria Reynolds

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CONVICTED (2018) | Deborah-Marie May, born 30/04/1992 of no fixed abode and Victoria Louise Reynolds, born 23/02/1989, of Martletwy, Narberth – starved a rescue lurcher to death

Deborah-Marie May (left) and Victoria Louise Reynolds
Dog killers Deborah-Marie May (left) and Victoria Louise Reynolds. The pair of them are now engaged.

May and Reynolds both pleaded guilty to one offence under the Animal Welfare Act that between 22 October 2017 and 22 December 2017 at Larch Road, Milford Haven.

They caused unnecessary suffering to a dog named Lenny by failing to exercise reasonable care and supervision in respect of his protection which led to his death.

Deborah-Marie May with rescue lurcher Lenny, who was later starved to death.
Deborah-Marie May with rescue lurcher Lenny, who was later starved to death.
Lenny’s emaciated body.

The lurcher cross type dog was found starved to death in a bedroom. Following an examination, the dog was found to just weigh just 9.2 kilos, when he should have weighed around 25 kilos.

May and Reynolds appeared on separate occasions at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court, with magistrates indicating it was one of the “worst cases of animal cruelty they had ever seen”.

RSPCA inspector Nic de Celis said: “This case is certainly a disturbing and very upsetting one.

“When I arrived the dog was decomposing. It is just awful to think what Lenny went through, suffering for a long period of time, before tragically he died of hunger.

“There is no excuse for this, owning a dog is a privilege and to just abandon him without any thought is truly horrifying I can’t understand how they let Lenny wither away and then left the body to rot in the back room.”

Sentencing:
May – 22 weeks’ imprisonment suspended for 18 months, a 10-day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement, 150 hours unpaid work, costs of £300, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £115. Banned from keeping any animal for five years (expires April 2023).

Reynolds – 26 weeks’ imprisonment suspended for two years, ordered to pay costs of £300, a victim surcharge of £115. Banned from keeping all animals for 10 years (expires April 2028).

County Times

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Kingston Upon Hull: Aaron McEvoy

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CONVICTED (2018) | Aaron McEvoy, born c. 1996, of Ashworthy Close, Bransholme, Hull HU7 4EX – failed to feed his dog a proper diet

McEvoy was banned from keeping animals for five years, must do 100 hours of unpaid work, and have up to 15 days rehabilitation, for causing unnecessary suffering to a Staffordshire bull terrier called Milo, by failing to address his weight loss and “poor body condition”, and failing to meet his needs for a suitable diet. He must pay £100 costs and an £85 surcharge.

HullLive

farms / smallholdings, Food Production, Lifers, Worst of the Worst

Harleston, Suffolk: Robin Hayward

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CONVICTED (2018) | farmer Robin Hayward, born c. 1972, of Withersdale Hall Farm, Metfield, Harleston IP20 0JR – allowed 56 cattle to die in disgusting conditions

Underfed cattle at Robin Hayward's farm in Metfield, Suffolk
Underfed cattle at Robin Hayward’s farm in Metfield, Suffolk

Farmer Robin Hayward pleaded guilty to nine offences relating to the health and welfare of cattle on his farm, as well as the non-disposal of dead cattle.

In March 2017 vets found the carcasses of 38 cattle in various stages of decomposition in a muck heap and others were found rotting in slurry near malnourished animals.

Sentencing Robin Hayward, Judge Martyn Levett described his treatment of the cattle as “incompetent and inhumane” and said they had suffered over a prolonged period of more than six weeks.

He rejected defence claims that the offences were the result of a financial crisis and said Hayward had access to funding which could have prevented unnecessary suffering to the cattle.

“As a consequence of your failings cattle died and were left to rot away in knee-deep slurry with live cattle trampling over the dead carcasses to compete for inadequate feed,” said the judge.

He described the conditions the animals were living in as “disgusting” and said Hayward was solely responsible for what happened to them.

Hayward admitted eight offences including causing unnecessary suffering to cattle, failing to have carcasses identified and collected without delay, failing to notify the death of cattle and offences relating to the welfare of the cattle.

Sentencing | 44-week prison sentence suspended for two years; 120 hours of unpaid work in the community. Fined £16,200 and ordered to pay costs of £12,900. Banned from keeping or owning farm animals.

Diss Express

Dogs, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers

Tadley, Hampshire: Mark Tomlinson

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CONVICTED (2018) | Mark Neil Tomlinson, born c. 1979, of 3 Greywell Close, Tadley RG26 4PT – stabbed a dog twice in the torso

Tomlinson pleaded guilty to stabbing Benny the dog twice in the torso.

He was given a 12-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months.

He must also carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.

He was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £115 and £85 court costs.

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Dudley, West Midlands: David Owen

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CONVICTED (2018) | David James Owen, born  29/10/1977, of Cole Street, Netherton, Dudley DY2 9PA – sliced his pet dog’s throat with a carving knife during an argument with his partner

Evil David Owen from Dudley sliced at Staffy Lexi's throat and ear with a carving knife during an argument with his girlfriend
Evil David Owen from Dudley sliced at Staffy Lexi’s throat and ear with a carving knife during an argument with his girlfriend

Staffordshire bull terrier Lexi was held by her muzzle as her owner David Owen took a smooth-bladed carving knife and sliced her throat.  It left a deep wound which would have been fatal had the blade gone just one millimetre deeper. Instead Lexi was left with the injury for four days, which had been hastily bandaged up, before the RSPCA was made aware.

Evil David Owen from Dudley sliced at Staffy Lexi's throat and ear with a carving knife during an argument with his girlfriend

Owen had also sliced at Lexi’s left ear leaving the tip hanging off.

Owen  was found guilty in his absence of causing unnecessary suffering to Lexi, in a case brought by the RSPCA.

Evil David Owen from Dudley sliced at Staffy Lexi's throat and ear with a carving knife during an argument with his girlfriend
Convicted dog abuser David Owen from Dudley

Amazingly Lexi has since made an excellent recovery and has now been rehomed to a loving new family.

RSPCA Inspector Steve Morrall said: “It really is amazing that Lexi has made such a fantastic recovery. The injury she had was serious but against the odds she pulled through. If the knife had gone just a tiny bit deeper I would have turned up at Owen’s house to find a dog who had bled to death.

Evil David Owen from Dudley sliced at Staffy Lexi's throat and ear with a carving knife during an argument with his girlfriend

“Instead, despite being severely injured and in a bad way, we managed to get her veterinary help in the nick of time.

“Thankfully she survived this horrific ordeal and I’m so pleased that she has been adopted into a very loving family who dote on her.

“It is difficult to imagine how terrified she would have been and how much pain and suffering she went through because of this callous act of violence.

“The most important thing now is that she has been given a second chance at life.”

Sentencing: Five months in jail. Lifetime ban on keeping animals.

Metro

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

Liverpool: Dylan Uttley

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CONVICTED (2018) | county lines drug dealer Dylan Uttley (also known as Dylan Ojapah), born 09/06/1998, most recent known address Onslow Road, Liverpool L6 3BA – took selfies with a woman’s Lhasa Apso before killing the dog by hanging him

North Wales Police mugshot of Dylan Uttley, also known as Dylan Ojapah.

Dylan Uttley had asked a Peterhead woman if he could use her home to sell drugs – a practice known as “cuckooing.”

Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that she refused – but left the property to go and stay with a friend.

When she returned the next day, she discovered her home had been broken into – and spotted her beloved Lhasa Apso hanging from a door.

She smashed a window to get in and desperately tried to resuscitate the dog before realising he was dead.

The court heard neighbours heard her screams, and called the police.

Photo of Dylan Uttley

Police searched a property on Seaton Drive in Aberdeen the following month, and came across Uttley.

Fiscal depute Eilidh Wright said: “Photographs of the accused and of the dead dog were recovered.

“An examination established these photographs had been taken at the locus, the first image was a selfie of the accused taken before hanging the dog.”

Uttley, whose address was given in court papers as Polmont YOI, admitted killing the dog.

Photo of Dylan Uttley

He also confessed to supplying cocaine and diamorphine in August and September 2017.

Dog killer Dylan Uttley - a county lines drug dealer from Liverpool

Sheriff Jack Brown locked Uttley up for three years, and told him: “It is evident that you are not at the lowest end of the chain as far as this supply is concerned and you openly accept you employed others to sell drugs.”

He described the killing of the dog as a “singularly evil, callous and barbaric act” which Uttley “compounded by taking photographs of it.”

Sentencing: three years in jail.

Press and Journal

Update | July 2018

Uttley was locked up for a further three years after being caught dealing crack cocaine in North Wales.

Cats, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers

Wickford, Essex: Tyler Gilford-Farley

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CONVICTED (2018) | Tyler Gilford-Farley, born c. 1999, most recent known address Alderney Gardens, Wickford, Essex SS11 – failed to seek treatment for his pet cat’s (unexplained) burn injuries

Police mugshot of drug dealing animal abuser Tyler Gilford-Farley.

Convicted drug dealer Tyler Gilford-Farley, who has links to London, Welwyn Garden City, Basingstoke and the West Midlands, was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a cat named Haze.

Farley, a father of one with another child on the way, had failed to seek urgent veterinary care after Haze had suffered significant burns to his face and eyes on October 3, 2017. The cause of Haze’s terrible injuries are not explained.

Haze and a second cat, named Kush, are to be rehomed by the RSPCA.

Sentencing | 18 months’ detention, suspended for 12 months. 25 days of probationary activity. 100 hours of unpaid work. Compensation of £1,062, £200 court costs and £115 victim surcharged. Banned from keeping any animal for just two years (expired April 2020).

Welwyn Hatfield Times

Update December 2018

Gilford-Farley was sentenced to four years and nine months for drug dealing offices alongside partner Faith Willis and accomplice Ian Brown. The trio were part of a violent drugs syndicate known as the WEZ network which had been operating in Basingstoke and Dean.

Basingstoke Gazette

Dogs, Lifers, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers

St Ives, Cornwall: Joanne and Christopher Hosking

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CONVICTED (2018) | Joanne Hosking, born 17/10/1976, of Joannies Avenue, St Ives TR26 2FT –  punched Jack Russell terrier Edie and slammed her onto a patio; she and husband Christopher John Hosking, born 23/08/1972, admitted failing to provide veterinary care for the injured dog

Convicted dog abuser Joanne Hosking of St Ives and her helpless victim Edie

Joanne Hosking was caught on camera punching and slamming the 12-month-old terrier down onto a concrete patio – because the dog had split her coffee in the garden.

Hosking and husband Christopher also admitted failing to provide veterinary care.

Dog abusers Joanne and Christopher Hosking of St Ives, Cornwall
Joanne and Christopher Hosking

Veterinary evidence revealed that Edie suffered a dislocated hip for seven days and would have been in great pain. She later needed an operation to remove part of the joint.

RSPCA Inspector Paul Kempson said: ‘The number of times that I’ve had to sit through that video and watch it, when I see that little 12- month-old innocent dog being picked up to shoulder height and slammed down onto concrete paving slabs twice and hearing the thud as she makes contact – it actually turns my stomach every time I see it.’

The court was told Edie had been re-homed with a veterinary nurse and had now recovered.

Sentencing |
Joanne Hosking – jailed for 18 weeks.
Christopher Hosking – electronically tagged and put under a curfew
Both – £1,450 costs. Banned from keeping animals for life

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Hamilton, South Lanarkshire: Gail Gartshore

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CONVICTED (2018) | Gail Gartshore, born c. 1969, of Farm Road, Hamilton ML3 – left her elderly dog suffering with large tumour

Gail Gartshore failed to seek veterinary treatment for her dog Paddy's many health issues
Gail Gartshore failed to seek veterinary treatment for her dog Paddy’s many health issues

Gartshore pleaded  guilty to failing to seek advice from a vet for her dog Paddy’s multiple health issues including a large growth on his head.

Emma Sergeant, Scottish SPCA inspector, said: “Paddy had a large facial tumour which covered a significant section of his head.

“There was a complete disregard for any basic grooming as his coat was matted to the point that he had extreme difficulty walking and couldn’t even see.

“Paddy’s body condition was so striking and distinct to the point that any dog owner should have recognised the urgent need for veterinary attention.

“Sadly, as Paddy’s condition had developed into such a state, the decision was made, by a veterinary professional, that the kindest thing was to put him to sleep.

“We welcome the fact that Gartshore has been dealt with by the court and the sentence handed down. We hope she will give serious consideration about her suitability to care for other animals in the future.”

Sentencing | £220 fine. Three-year ban on keeping animals.

GlasgowLive

Animal Torture, guinea pigs, Lifers, rabbits, Small Furries, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers, Worst of the Worst

Sheepridge, Huddersfield: Stephen Emsley

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#MostEvil | Stephen Emsley, born c. 1969, of 43 Riddings Road, Huddersfield HD2 1HL – caught on camera as he tortured rabbits and guinea pigs

Sadistic animal abuser Stephen Emsley from Huddersfield and two rabbits he battered to death.

Stephen Emsley admitted two offences under the Animal Welfare Act and was convicted of a further five after a trial at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court in Huddersfield.

Emsley was witnessed by a neighbour slamming two  defenceless rabbits to the ground before discarding their bodies in a bin.

He was also seen slapping another rabbit 16 times, slamming the heads of two pets into each other and forcibly plucking the hairs from a guinea pig.

The court heard that Emsley was given the responsibility of caring for 13 rabbits and four guinea pigs after his partner left him,

He was witnessed hurting some of them over a two day period in July 2017 by his neighbour Margaret Lloyd. She described how she saw him remove one of the rabbits from a hutch in the garden, slap it to the body twice and then hit it a further four times before throwing it head first into the hutch.

The same day he returned to the hutch and selected two smaller rabbits.

Sadistic animal killer Stephen Emsley from Huddersfield.

Andrew Davidson, prosecuting on behalf of the RSPCA, said: ‘He held a rabbit in each hand, bit one of them and then used the head of one of the rabbits to hit the other rabbit in its body.

‘Then he walked towards the hutch where he left the previous rabbit and slammed both of the rabbits’ bodies together before throwing them head first into the hutch.’

The next day Mrs Lloyd was stood in her kitchen watching TV when she heard a squealing noise coming from the garden. She looked out and saw Emsley taking hold of one of the guinea pigs and ‘repeatedly plucking hair from its back’.

Footage of the pet squealing in pain was captured by Mrs Lloyd, magistrates were told. 

Sadistic animal killer Stephen Emsley from Huddersfield.

RSPCA inspector Catherine Byrnes described what happened as “torture” and said: “The sound of the slaps and the squeals of the guinea pig can be heard on the video shot from inside a neighbouring property.

“The incidents happened over two days in July last year. He was torturing these animals, there’s no other way to describe it.

“It was what happened to two adult rabbits found dead in a bin at his property when we attended that was most upsetting to deal with.

“One of my colleagues described the rabbits as looking as though they had burst, such was the trauma inflicted to them.

“Though Emsley denies knowing what happened to them, the horrific actions against the two rabbits described by a witness, consistent with the injuries sustained by them and accepted by the court, includes Emsley biting them, smashing them together, banging their heads together and smashing them into the ground.”

Sentencing: 20-week suspended jail term; 16-week curfew; total of £615 costs and charges. Banned from keeping animals indefinitely.

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