Monthly Archives: June 2021

hedgehogs, Other Mammals

Lytchett Matravers, Dorset: Tani Mabey

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CONVICTED (2021) | Tani Ruby Mabey, born 12 May 1998, of Bridge Close, Peatons Lane, Lytchett Matravers, Poole BH16 6HW – failed to ensure the welfare of two African pygmy hedgehogs.

Mabey was charged with two counts of failing to take steps to ensure the animals’ welfare.

She was alleged to have kept the hedgehogs in unsuitable conditions and without adequate food or water.

Poole Magistrates’ Court was told the animals’ need to be able to exhibit normal behaviour patterns were not met and they would not be protected from pain, suffering, injury or disease.

Tami Mabey with partner Jay-Lee Arnold, who faced prosecution alongside her and others for alleged cruelty to 11 severely neglected dogs
Tami Mabey with partner Jay-Lee Arnold, who faced prosecution alongside her and others for alleged cruelty to 11 severely neglected dogs

The defendant admitted both charges, which were brought under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and dated back to October 15, 2020.

Mabey was discharged conditionally for 12 months and ordered to pay £1,569 compensation, £22 surcharge and £85 costs.

The bench also made an order for the defendant to be deprived of the ownership of the hedgehogs and for the disposal of the animals.

Dorset Echo

Additional Information

In July 2022 Tani Mabey was charged alongside others with animal cruelty offences after 11 dogs were seized from a farm in the Purbecks. Dorset.

Dorset animal abusers: travellers Lewis Longstaffe, Jay-Lee Arnold, Lee Mabey, Mark Amos Mabey
Clockwise from top left Lewis Longstaffe, Jay-Lee Arnold, Lee Mabey, Mark Amos Mabey

Her co accused were:

Mark Mabey was convicted in October 2023. Charges against Lee Mabey, Jay-Lee Arnold and Kyle Davies were dropped after the prosecution offered no evidence. Updates are awaited on Lewis Longstaffe and Tani Mabey.

Animal Abandonment, Cats, Worst of the Worst

Devizes, Wiltshire: Jason Chalke

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CONVICTED (2021) | Jason Paul Chalke, born c. 1980, of Moyne Close, Devizes – put four kittens in a bin bag which he dumped in a communal bin.

Jason Chalke

Chalke, who works as a fitter for Boel Rentals, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to the four kittens he threw away like rubbish in August 2019. It is not known whether they survived. .

Appearing at Salisbury Magistrates Court in January 2021, Chalke was fined £616 and ordered to pay a £62 surcharge and £85 in costs.

He was also banned from owning or keeping animals for a period of just three years (expires June 2024).

Salisbury Journal

Dogs, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers

Hele, Somerset: Mark Ribbons

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CONVICTED (2021) | Mark Ribbons, born January 1981, of Hele Manor Barns, Hele, Taunton TA4 1AH – threw a dog into a hedge during a drunken rampage

Mark Ribbons

Painter & decorator Ribbons, who has a long history of violence, pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to the dog in addition to criminal damage charges after damaging a car and police van.

Ribbons was given a community order, with one of the conditions he must abstain from alcohol for 120 days. He was also fined £300 and ordered to pay a £95 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

He was not banned from owning animals despite sharing cats and dogs with his partner. The condition of the dog he attacked is unknown.

Somerset County Gazette

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

Leven, Fife: Allan Petrie

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CONVICTED (2021) | Allan Petrie, born 28 August 1973, of 37 White Avenue, Leven KY8 4EN – drowned his Golden Retriever in a bathtub and sent the photos of the dog’s body to his ex partner

Allan Petrie and victim Jack

Twisted Petrie killed his 10-year-old dog Jack (pictured) at his home and texted horrific photographs of the aftermath to his ex.

In chilling text messages, Petrie told the woman: “I’ve just committed murder.”

He added: “Av put it oot his miserable f* life. And am next coming get your fucking collie.”

The text was followed by a smiling face emoji.

Sick Petrie also joked about harming his ex-girlfriend’s collie, shown above with Jack

Petrie, who according to his Facebook profile works as an HGV driver with Kiely Bros, pleaded guilty to the gut-wrenching charges in a letter to Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.

Allan Petrie

He admitted that between November 8 and 17, 2020, he caused unnecessary suffering to his dog Jack in that he submerged the dog’s head in water, whereby he ingested liquid and drowned.

He also admitted to sending a message deemed grossly offensive, indecent, obscene or of a menacing character to his ex-girlfriend.

Sheriff James Williamson said he had been “totally astonished” reading Petrie’s guilty plea letter.

He deferred sentence until July 1, 2021, for background reports and for Petrie to appear in person.

Courier

Update 9 August 2021:

Petrie has now had sentence deferred to September 2021.

He had been warned a custodial sentence was a possibility when a sheriff previously deferred sentence for a veterinary report on the dog’s health before it was killed.

Investigators were forced to dig up the body of the dog, called Jack, and a post mortem showed, in addition to aspirating water, the golden retriever had suffered a blunt force trauma.

Courier

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Second Facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/allan.petrie.731

Dogs, Worst of the Worst

Vauxhall, South London: Sarah-Jane Belle

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CONVICTED (2021) | Sarah-Jane Belle, born 11 January 1990, of Simpson House, St Oswalds Place, Vauxhall, London SE11 5JF – failed to get treatment for her dog’s fist-sized mouth tumour, leaving him to slowly starve to death.

Animal abuser Sarah-Jane Belle from Vauxhall, Lambeth, South East London
Sarah-Jane Belle

Mother-of-four Sarah Jane Belle was banned from keeping dogs for two years after she left her elderly dog, Rio, with a large tumour in his mouth which meant he struggled to eat.

Belle pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to the dog.

RSPCA inspector Natasha Wallis investigated after the charity received a call from the Blue Cross in October 2020.

Rio was taken to the animal charity on October 21 and rushed in for emergency care over concerns he wasn’t breathing.

The emaciated dog and had a very large mass in his mouth and sadly had already died by the time he was presented to the vet.

Inspector Harriet Dalliday who collected Rio’s body, said: “The dog was extremely thin with all ribs, spine and hip bones protruding.

“There was a large tumour stemming from the inside of the dog’s mouth and was approximately the size of my fist.”

Wimbledon Magistrates Court heard how the animal had a very large mass protruding from his mouth approximately 8cm by 5cm.

It prevented the closure of his mouth and a post-mortem showed he was suffering from bone cancer and was severely emaciated.

Rio’s ribs, spine, and pelvis protruded from his body and could visibly be seen from a distance.

On October 21 last year, when he was examined after his death, he weighed 9.8kg.

But before that on November 9, 2017, he had weighed 22kgs which meant he had lost more than half his body weight.

Animal abuser Sarah-Jane Belle from Vauxhall, Lambeth, South East London

A vet report stated: “In my professional opinion, Rio would have had considerable trouble eating due to his inability to close his mouth property and apprehend food due to the size of the mass.

“Rio’s emaciated appearance suggests chronic malnourishment over the past few months.

“I fail to believe Rio had been eating normally the night prior to his presentation as suggested by the owner.

“In my opinion, Rio’s owner failed to seek veterinary attention for his severe weight loss, which would have been obvious, and as a result failed to protect him from hunger and thirst.”

Sentencing: 12-month community order with 90 hours of unpaid work; £195 in costs and charges. Banned from owning dogs for two years (expired June 2023).

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Cats, Lifers, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers, Worst of the Worst

Briston, Norfolk: Beverley Lowe

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#MostEvil | Beverley Lowe (aka Beverley Atterbury), born 5 April 2001, of Old Post Road, Briston, Melton Constable NR24 7NB – drowned her two cats in the bath and dumped their bodies in her wheelie bin

Mother-of-one Lowe pleaded guilty to two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.

The court heard how the cats – a black-and-white male called Gizmo and a tortoiseshell female called Delilah – would have suffered “fear, distress and panic” for at least four minutes when Lowe killed them in the bath at her home on October 22, 2020.

Johnathon Eales, prosecuting, said the dead cats were found wrapped in towels in a wheelie bin at Lowe’s house on October 24, after a friend of hers reported the matter.

The following day the RSPCA confiscated another cat and a pet chihuahua from Lowe.

Lowe had told authorities the cats had wandered outside when she left the door open while putting the rubbish out. She said she later found the cats with blood on them and that they had been in a road accident, so she put them in the bath to wash off the blood, and they drowned.

But an expert who investigated dismissed this claim, and said that while the cats had been through a “blunt force trauma”, the signs did not match a road accident.

Mr Eales said Lowe had no previous convictions and this was her first court appearance. He said: “This still leaves the burning question of why? Why do such a thing?”

Addressing the court, Lowe said: “I know what I did was wrong and I shouldn’t have done it. One of the witnesses kind of led me to kill the cats because she said that she would have done it after I said what had happened. Also because I was pregnant it was really stressful and it kind of led me to kill the cats anyway.”

Presiding magistrate Mary Wyndham said: “The harm was high because both cats, because of your treatment, were killed, and in a violent manner. And we’ve heard from an expert in this matter that great suffering was caused to both of these animals.”

Sentencing 18-month suspended jail sentence; costs of £728. Banned from owning pets for life.

Eastern Daily Press
Fakenham & Wells Times