Monthly Archives: December 2021

Dogs

Bratoft, Lincolnshire: Natasha Everard

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CONVICTED (2021) | Natasha M Everard, born 1 November 1976, of Burgh Lane, Bratoft, Skegness PE24 5AR – neglected an ailing dog.

Neglectful Everard, owner of Bewitching Bookkeeping Services, was convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to an unnamed dog, by failing to provide him or her with veterinary care.

Everard was ordered to undertake a 15-day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement. She was ordered to pay a total of £495 in fines, costs and charges and given a five-year ban in respect of all animals.

The condition of her victim was not reported.

Lincolnshire World Court Roundup

Dogs, Lifers, Pet Profiteering, puppy farmers / traffickers, kennels, backyard breeders, Worst of the Worst

Newport, Gwent: Cortez Belle

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CONVICTED (2021) Cortez Marvin Belle, born 27 August 1983, of Orb Drive, Newport NP19 0RE – left his pet dog in agony with untreated ear masses, causing permanent deafness.

Cortez Belle. Picture: Facebook.

Failed professional footballer Belle, who now works as a part-time youth football coach, was sent to prison for eight weeks and banned from keeping all animals for life for the prolonged neglect of three-year-old French bulldog, Tinkerbell.

He pleaded guilty to one offence of causing unnecessary suffering to the dog.

Tinkerbell/ Picture: Wales Online

Belle said he couldn’t afford to pay for Tinkerbell’s treatment despite breeding from her twice, with the dogs selling for £1,500 each.

The RSPCA said that the court heard animal rescue officer (ARO) Isobel Burston had visited Belle’s home on August 11, 2021, following concerns about his dog. She described smelling “rotting flesh” as soon as she walked into the property and seeing a tennis ball-sized growth tangling out of Tinkerbell’s left ear.

In her evidence to the court ARO Burston said: “I have seen something similar to this previously and knew that was where the bad smell was coming from. I knelt down to look closer. The growth looked wet and had debris and hair stuck to it in some areas, and open sore looking yellow patches underneath.”

Tinkerbell/ Picture: Wales Online

Belle told the officer that he had taken Tinkerbell to see a vet about six to eight weeks previously but had been told she would need very expensive surgery which he couldn’t afford, and that his ex-partner had cancelled the pet insurance following the breakdown of their relationship.

Tinkerbell was taken to a vet by the RSPCA later that day. She was examined and found to be in a poor bodily condition, with her spine and ribs visible and a tucked appearance at the waist.

The vet who treated her said: “The growths looked polyp-like and these polyps had invaded both of her ear canals, leaving no obvious ear canal for hearing; at this point I imagine she is almost deaf.

“On the left ear, attached to the inner ear polyp there was another mass, this was attached via a stalk. The mass was approximately 20 by 20 centimetres in size, cylindrical in shape and hanging from the ear polyp.

“This mass was grossly infected and ulcerated in places and was also weighing that side of her head down, causing a head tilt.”

The vet said that the inner polyp masses would have taken at least three to six months to get to the size that they were, whilst the mass attached to the polyp on the left ear was so severe it could potentially have been growing for up to a year.

Cortez Belle. Picture: Facebook.

RSPCA inspector Gemma Cooper interviewed Belle on August 16. He told her there had been ongoing issues with Tinkerbell’s ears in the two and a half years he had owned her – including the times when she had given birth to two litters of puppies – and that he had been given antibiotics and steroids by a vet to treat her.

He said his insurance policy would not cover the £6,000 he had been told it would cost to operate on one of Tinkerbell’s ears.

In mitigation, the RSPCA said Belle told the court he was experiencing mental health problems and expressed his remorse and regret about what had happened, saying he did not seek to blame anyone but himself.

Newport magistrates said that the case of ‘prolonged neglect’ was so serious that it crossed the threshold for custody and sent him to prison.

After the hearing, Inspector Cooper said: “I’m very pleased that the court recognised the seriousness of Tinkerbell’s neglect. Belle had every opportunity to seek veterinary treatment or help from various animal charities across South Wales, but he didn’t.

“His inaction resulted in Tinkerbell suffering for months and she is now permanently deaf as a result.”

Tinkerbell was cared for at an RSPCA animal centre for several months. Unfortunately her health started to deteriorate, and sadly, she sent on to be put to sleep on veterinary advice.

Sentencing: eight-week prison sentence; costs and charges of £548. Lifetime ban.

Wales Online

Dogs, ear cropping and tail docking, Lifers, Pet Profiteering, puppy farmers / traffickers, kennels, backyard breeders, Serial Animal Abusers

Northfield, Birmingham: Warren Jackman

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CONVICTED (2021) | backyard breeder Warren Wesley Jackman, born c. 1981, of Redditch Road, Northfield, Birmingham B38 – arranged for the ears of four puppies to be cropped.

Self-styled hardman Warren Jackman had arranged for four puppies' ears to be mutilated including Loki (left).
Self-styled hardman Warren Jackman had arranged for four puppies’ ears to be mutilated including Loki (left).

Jackman was caught after pictures of several puppies with cropped ears were uploaded onto an Instagram page.

RSPCA and West Midlands Police officers raided a house connected to the account and found four dogs with their ears cropped.

He admitted arranging for the ears of male and female American bully puppies known as Loki and Hela to be cut by a third party. He had bought the dogs from a breeder.

Cropping, also known as docking, involves the dog’s ears being sliced to make the animal look more fierce and aggressive.

Ear cropping is illegal in England and Wales under Section 5 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

The RSPCA inspector leading the investigation told the court he had found four dogs inside the property, two adult American bullies and two seven-month-old American bullies.

He said: “All the animals appeared to be in good condition. All of them had had their ears cropped, but not recently.”

Warren Wesley Jackman. Picture: Facebook.
Warren Wesley Jackman. Picture: Facebook.

The animals were removed from the property and returned to the breeder who has no record of cropping.

In mitigation, the court heard that Jackman blamed ignorance and drug issues for breaking the law and cropping their ears.

Sentencing: four weeks in prison to run concurrent to another prison term for an unrelated charge. Banned from keeping dogs for 10 years (expires December 2031).

Express & Star

Update 29 June 2022

Jackman was imprisoned for a further 16 weeks and given a LIFETIME ban after further offences relating to ear-cropping. His latest victims were a female bully XL called Mika and two three-month-old puppies called Zushi and Zinos.

RSPCA inspector Vicki Taylor said: “Police attended a flat on another matter and were concerned about the three dogs who had cropped ears. They contacted me and seized the dogs, who came into RSPCA care.

“The puppies’ ears were freshly cropped and had not yet healed; they still had stitches in the wounds. The male pup’s ears were inflamed and sore.

“We interviewed the man who claimed to have bred the puppies before selling them to Jackman and provided us with bills of sale. He told us that Jackman had cropped their ears. When I spoke to Jackman he admitted that he had paid £200 for them to have their ears cropped.”

The dogs were seized by police and will now be rehomed by the RSPCA.

Leicester Mercury

Dogs, Domestic Violence - Animals Targeted, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers

Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria: Ben Davies

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CONVICTED (2021) | Benjamin Davies, born 12 March 1995, of Robert Street, Barrow LA14 – choked his pet dog.

Dog abuser Ben Davies. Pictures: Facebook.
Dog abuser Ben Davies. Pictures: Facebook.

Davies caused unnecessary suffering to the unnamed dog by choking her as well as assaulting a woman in Barrow.

He admitted to both offences, which took place on September 12, 2021.

The court heard Davies was responsible for a dog and ‘committed an act that caused that animal to suffer and permitted that to happen or failed to take such steps as were reasonable in all the circumstances to prevent that happening, and that suffering was unnecessary’.

No injuries to the dog were highlighted in court but it was said she has since been rehomed.

Anita Green, of Animal Refuge Furness, said: “Actions like this are to be condemned as is violence against all animals and humans.

“As a charity we do all we can to make sure that animals go to the right homes to avoid any situations like this one.

“If there is any concern about animal abuse then people need to contact the authorities such as the RSPCA or the police.

“We do not have any authority in terms of taking animals away but if we do get contacted then we will of course help where we can by contacting the right people.

“Offences like this are awful and really upsetting.”

Sentencing: 150 hours of unpaid work; 25 days of rehabilitation activity. Three-year disqualification order (expires December 2024).

The Mail

Dogs, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers

Evesham, Worcestershire: Bradley Archer

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CONVICTED (2021) | Bradley Archer, born c. 1996, of Rynal Place, Evesham WR11 4PZ – forcefully booted a helpless dog.

Archer was banned from keeping animals for life after admitting cruelty to the bulldog cross, known as Bella (pictured).

The vicious attack was caught on camera and widely shared on social media in late June 2021.

Aside from the lifetime ban, which he may appeal after five years, Archer was ordered to pay a total of £635 in fines, costs and charges.

No application for the termination of the order can be made within a period of 5 years.

Evesham Journal

animal fighting / baiting, badger baiting, Dogs, hunting with dogs, Lifers, Organised Animal Crime, Wildlife Crime / Bloodsports

Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside: Anthony Campbell

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CONVICTED (2021) | badger baiter Anthony Campbell of Bank Street, Newton-le-Willows WA12 9NS – failed to treat the facial injuries of a dog he forced into vicious animal fights.

Bloodthirsty thug Anthony Campbell made terrier Millie 'fight badgers' and left her in agony with untreated facial injuries.
Bloodthirsty thug Anthony Campbell made terrier Millie ‘fight badgers’ and left her in agony with untreated facial injuries.

Campbell was banned from keeping pets after his dog – a Patterdale terrier named Millie – was found with severe facial injuries and scarring. He had not taken her to the vet for treatment or pain relief.

RSPCA officers joined Merseyside Police who executed a warrant, under the Protection of Badgers Act, at Campbell’s address in Newton-le-Willows on November 13, 2020.

RSPCA inspectors Anthony Joynes and Andrew Harris discovered four dogs on the property, including Millie.

Inspector Joynes told the court: “Millie was quite apprehensive in demeanour but yet pleasant and exhibited no aggressiveness.

“She had severe scars on her face, chin, lower jaw, neck, and front legs, which I noted.

“I could see and feel the remaining traces of scabs on and around the scarred area, indicating that wounds had been there until recently.”

Millie
Millie

Campbell claimed Millie was attacked by another dog while they were out ratting. He stated she’d been given antibiotics, but couldn’t say who had attended to her wounds.

Millie’s injuries were inspected by a member of the RSPCA’s Special Operations Unit, which is responsible for investigating serious and organized animal crime, such as badger baiting and wildlife crimes.

In his statement, the Special Ops investigator said: “The dog was exhibiting injuries to its lower jaw and forelegs.

“These injuries suggested to me that the dog had just been in close combat with a badger. The lower jaw damage was typical of those done by badgers, in my opinion.”

Millie also experienced “degloving injuries,” which are injuries in which a significant chunk of skin and the layer of soft tissue beneath it partially or totally rips from the body.

Campbell was sentenced at Wigan Magistrates’ Court on December 16 and had previously pleaded guilty to cause unnecessary suffering to a protected animal on November 13, 2020.

Millie remained in RSPCA care while the investigation was ongoing but will now look for a loving new home.

Sentencing: community order including an eight-week curfew; £750 in costs and a victim surcharge. Disqualified from keeping all animals for life.

Liverpool Echo

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

Pilton, Edinburgh: Declan Milne

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#MostEvil | Declan Milne, born 16 December 1999, of 129 Crewe Crescent, Pilton, Edinburgh EH5 2JN – stabbed a labrador 14 times with scissors.

Max had 14 separate wounds on his head and body.

Milne used his partner’s nail scissors to strike her four-year-old black Labrador, Max, on the head, cheek, and thighs.

He carried out the “appalling attack” on July 22, 2021.

Max belonged to the parents of Milne’s girlfriend but the couple were looking after him while they were on break.

Following the attack, Milne’s girlfriend found Max cowering in fear with faeces all over the floor and on his tail.

She questioned Milne who denied any wrongdoing but when she discovered a pair of nail scissors was missing from her set, she realised that they had what looked like black dog hair on them.

Scottish SPCA inspector Fiona Thorburn was alerted to the incident after a vet who treated Max was concerned by the number of injuries he had across his body.

The vet recognised these wounds were non-accidental and had immediate concerns for Max’s welfare so they contacted the animal helpline.

The scissors were taken for forensic analysis and dog blood and DNA was found on them.

Milne was charged under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 under Section 19 1 (a) and (b) for causing Max unnecessary suffering by stabbing him with nail scissors multiple times.

Speaking about the case Inspector Thorburn said, “After Milne’s girlfriend discovered Max with the fresh injuries, she immediately phoned her family who returned from their weekend away. The family were incredibly concerned and took Max straight to the vet where he received prompt treatment for his wounds.

“This has been an incredibly distressing time for Max and his owners. The family trusted Milne to look after their pet and unbeknownst to them, Milne caused Max a great deal of stress and pain. The suffering to Max is not just physical but would have caused him immense mental anguish too.

“The puncture wounds were on Max’s head, cheek, his thighs and muzzle. The vet determined that the injuries were caused by repeated trauma with a sharp object. A second vet was consulted who surmised that it was beyond any reasonable doubt that Max had sustained those injuries by deliberate violent means.

“We are glad that Milne pled guilty and admitted to this appalling crime.

“We don’t believe this was the first time that Max was caused to suffer at the hands of Milne.

“What we can take away from this is that Milne was caught when he was so that Max did not have to continue to suffer.

“We are pleased to say that Max recovered well from his wounds no doubt helped by being surrounded by his loving family.

“The Sheriff stated in court that he was ‘nauseated by the cruelty’ Milne had shown towards Max.

“We are pleased that Milne admitted his guilt in this case and that he has been handed this sentence. The ban will ensure no other animals will suffer at his hands like Max did.

“We would like to thank Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA) who carried out the DNA testing.”

Milne was charged under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 under Section 19 1 (a) and (b) for causing Max unnecessary suffering by stabbing him with nail scissors multiple times.

Sentencing: four-month restriction of liberty order; 200-hour community payback order. Ten-year ban on owning animals.

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Edinburgh Live

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

Kincorth, Aberdeen: Thomas Robertson

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CONVICTED (2021) | Thomas ‘Tomo’ Robertson, born 20 May 1994, of 38 Provost Watt Drive, Aberdeen AB12 5NA – repeatedly beat his female bulldog over the head and body with an axe handle, his fists and a dog lead, leaving her with bruising, flesh wounds and bald patches.

Violent thug Tomo Robertson took his “anger issues” out on a defenceless dog.

Unemployed Robertson was caught after Scottish SPCA officers paid a visit to his home in Aberdeen.

Inside they found a 15-month-old bulldog named Nala, who was so traumatised she would become “frozen with fear” if a man entered the room.

Nala endured multiple violent attacks by sadistic Robertson.

Fiscal despite Jen Pritchard told Aberdeen Sheriff Court that SSPCA inspectors had been tipped off from a concerned neighbour in the early hours of October 16, 2020.

“On arrival, they were met by the accused,” she said. “They advised him that someone had overheard a dog being possibly mistreated in the early hours.

“He showed the officers the dog, whose name was Nala. The female bull-type dog was in the kitchen behind and being kept behind a stair gate.”

Despite inflicting horrific violence on bulldog Nala, Robertson only received a four-year ban on owning dogs.

The inspectors suspected Nala had been beaten given there was bruising to her head and marks on her neck.

Robertson’s girlfriend told them she had been asleep but “did hear Nala yelping when she woke up”, the court heard.

As the inspectors were leaving an officer noticed a wooden handle in Anderson’s home and asked him if it had been used on Nala.

“He said it was a shaft of an axe but denied using it on the dog,” the fiscal added.

A vet later examined Nala and immediately spotted wounds that were “consistent with that of a beating” as well as evidence that a blunt object has been used.

It was during that examination that it became clear Nala had been traumatised and was now nervous around men.

“A male veterinary surgeon entered the all-female room and Nala was visibly scared and frozen in fear until he left the room,” the fiscal added.
“She was nervous but relaxed during the examination. Her demeanour only changed when a male colleague entered the room.”

Nala was found to have bruising to her right ear that was “painful upon touching” and that the vet deemed had occurred in the previous 48 hours.

There was also bruising on her chin, full-thickness skin injuries on her ear, rib cage, both shoulders, her neck and her hip. Further healing injuries were spotted on Nala’s left hind leg.

She had hairless areas on her shoulder and neck and the skin injuries were deemed “consistent with being hit repeatedly with an object”.
‘She would have been severely distressed’

“The surgeon stated that for her to have been beaten in this manner would have caused the dog fear and alarm,” the fiscal added. “She would have been severely distressed.”

Nala was taken to the SSPCA’s local rescue and rehoming centre at Drumoak, where she remains and is doing “much better”.

Defence agent Ian MacGregor said Robertson’s own admissions to social workers had actually provided a more “graphic” account of Nala’s abuse than that heard by the court.

“His conduct was absolutely appalling,” he said. “He has had issues in his life with respect to dealing with anger and he has taken steps previously off his own back to be seen by a psychiatrist in that regard.”

Robertson admitted causing the dog unnecessary suffering.

Sheriff Margaret Hodge told him: “What I am told in the social work report does cause me concern about your propensity to violence, which was demonstrated by what you did to this dog.”

Sentencing: community payback order with one year of supervision and 100-day curfew. Banned from keeping or owning a dog for four years (expires December 2025).

Press and Journal

Bestiality / Zoophilia, Paedophiles / Sex Offenders

Northwich, Cheshire: Claire/John Goodier

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CONVICTED (2021) | transvestite Claire Goodier, born c. 1960, of Weaver View Flats, Spencer Street, Northwich CW8 1BP – had cocaine-fuelled group sex with a dog and possessed images of the depraved act.

Claire Goodier

Lifelong pervert Goodier, a twice-convicted paedophile previously known as John Ernest Goodier, admitted five charges, including one for the possession of seven half-gram bags of cocaine.

The most serious of the charges related to one where Goodier allowed himself to be penetrated by an Alsatian dog at an unspecified location in Bournemouth on December 15 and 16, 2018.

He also admitted being in possession of 31 extreme pornographic images of a German Shepherd dog having sex with a person, which were grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character.

As well as admitting being in possession of other offensive images, Goodier also failed to comply with the notification requirements of the sex offenders register.

He pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to conduct his annual notification on November 5, 2020.

Goodier was caught after police attended her home on July 19, 2019, to carry out a routine check due to him being on the sex offenders register for life.

Officers took a laptop which contained evidence Goodier had searched the internet for bestiality content and when a full analysis of the equipment was finally completed some two years later, it emerged hidden folders contained 31 indecent images of Goodier taking part in the sex act with the dog.

Goodier told officers he had fantasised about it for a number of years and after talking about it with people in Northwich, was put in touch with others in Bournemouth.

He travelled down there in December 2018 and took part in the sex act with other people and the dog.

At the time of his arrest on June 17, 2021, police also found another pen drive in his handbag containing the same images and 3.5 grammes of cocaine.

When he committed the sex act, Goodier had also been in breach of a suspended sentence order, which had been imposed in May 2018 for failing to adhere to the terms of a sexual harm prevention order.

Goodier had also failed to comply with the terms of the sexual harm prevention order in November 2020, when he was 13 days late contacting the police after being in isolation due to Covid guidelines.

Sending Goodier to prison, Judge Steven Everett told him he agreed with the probation service assessing him as being a low risk of re-offending.

He told Goodier: “You are a long, long way from changing your life.

“You deceitfully took part in a cocaine-fuelled incident with other persons.

“Since the terrible offence took place you kept the images unashamedly for your own sexual gratification.

“In the middle of all this, you failed to comply with the terms of an order, which some might say is a minor breach, but it’s not for the first time.

“Your record is appalling and it could be said you were astonishingly lucky not to go to prison previously.

“A message must go out that if you commit such disgusting behaviour then you must go to prison.”

Goodier sobbed in the dock as he was told he will serve 20 months behind bars, which included the activation of the four-month sentence he had in suspension when committing the act.

Chester Standard

Additional information:

The Daily Mail reports that Goodier has been sent to a men’s prison because he is not legally female.

Goodier has identified as a woman for at least two years and was referred to as Claire and ‘she’ during his Chester Crown Court case.

He has been sent to Liverpool’s HMP Altcourse, which is .a Category B men’s private prison and Young Offender Institution.

A source said: “Prisoners go to whichever prison matches their legally recognised gender.

“This defendant is in a male prison, HMP Altcourse.”

Goodier was identified in court listings under a male name but with a note added to be addressed in the hearing as Claire. A Sexual Harm Prevention Order issued is under that female identity.

The Gender Recognition Act 2004 allows people to change their legal sex and obtain a Gender Recognition certificate proving it – which is valid in prisons.

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

St Austell, Cornwall: Rosie Zolla

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#MostEvil | Rosie Zolla, born 12 November 1993, of North Street, St Austell PL25 – drowned her pet cat after he trashed her kitchen.

Zolla pleaded guilty to two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.

On February 19, 2021, Zolla’s pet cat Nana McPhee, a black and white male, who she’d had for six months was acting up in the kitchen of her then-home on Trembath Crescent, Newquay.

She took the cat upstairs, placed him in the bath, and drowned him by – according to a post mortem examination – possibly holding him under the water.

Zolla then took the body of the cat and placed it in the freezer.

Prosecuting the case at court, RSPCA prosecutor Tamsin Murphy said: “RSPCA inspector Kempson attended on February 19 2021 with a police officer, following reports Zolla had deliberately drowned a cat and put the body in a freezer.

“She let them in and admitted that she had put the cat in the bath, and put its body in the freezer.

“She had the cat for about six months, and asked how it died she said she put it in the bath.”

On February 24, two other RSPCA officers interviewed Zolla at her home and asked for more information on what happened.

She told the officers that the cat ruined her kitchen, and that she left him in the bath because it “had something coming out of its bum.”

Zolla said she was unsure how exactly how the cat died.

Dr Taylor, a veterinary pathologist, determined that Nana McPhee died due to drowning, and that he had injuries including water, blunt trauma to the face, and a skin injury near its anus.

The pathologist also reported that the cat would have suffered for a long time leading up to his death, and that there was some evidence he may have been held under the water.

Ms Murphy further told the court: “There were no signs of a cancer condition, or any tumours, swelling or other diseases to the cat.

“There are no previous matters against Ms Zolla, but there was no remorse shown to the RSPCA as far as she is concerned about the incident.”

Zolla’s lawyer said, in her defence, that she had been “suffering from profound mental health problems and alcoholism” when she drowned the cat.

He added: “Since then there have been a lot of changes in her life, she’s engaging with support services like We Are With You for example.

“Simply put, she’s on track to put right the things she did wrong at the time of this awful offence.

“She has a much more stable family life now, in a serious relationship with a man who supports her and they’re expecting a baby in June.”

He further said she had been receiving treatment for her alcoholism.

The magistrates retired for quite some time to read a report prepared by the two sides about the case.

Upon their return, they told Zolla that she would not be going to prison immediately – but that she is on thin ice.

The bench said: “We considered the matter carefully and we reached the conclusion that it is certainly past the custody threshold. This was really horrible cruelty to an animal, and we have no doubts in our minds it past it. However I’ll tell you we’ll suspend the sentence and I’ll give you the details in a minute.

“But first I want it made abundantly clear that we found this whole act of animal cruelty abhorrent. Utterly unacceptable madam.

“The fact the sentence we’ll pass is being suspended is not to be taken as any indication of this bench feeling this is not of the upmost gravity. It is.”

The magistrates continued: “”We were asked by our legal advisor why we were suspending this. We actually have two reasons. The first is your previous good character, second we actually have some belief in rehabilitation here.

“That is the reason this is not an instant custodial sentence. Our guidelines quite clearly say we can only suspend a sentence if we honestly believe that if the power was not there to suspend it we would send you straight to prison today. I tell you quite candidly we passed that threshold without a doubt.”

The magistrates finished by instructing a probation officer to keep in touch with the local authority regarding Zolla’s pregnancy, citing “concerns” over her caring “for any animal, be it a human or a cat.”

Sentencing: 18-week prison sentence suspended for two years, £400 to pay in costs and £128 as a victim surcharge; mental health and alcohol treatment requirement; rehabilitation. Banned from keeping pets for ten years with no chance of it being appealed sooner, despite protestations from Zolla’s defence.

Cornwall Live