CONVICTED (2019) | David Paul Sandham, born 30 July 1998, of Egerton, Court, Barrow-in-Furness LA14 2TX – kicked his pet dog in the head.
Thuggish Sandham, who has previous convictions for shoplifting and assault on a female, was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a Staffie called Clay on February 23, 2019.
Magistrates ruled an order to seize Clay and ban Sandham from keeping pets was disproportionate as the attack was ‘a single kick as the dog had latched onto a car tyre’.
Sentencing: four-week curfew; ordered to pay a total of £465. Not banned from keeping animals.