CONVICTED (2015) | Stacey Louise Dick, born c. 1992, who also uses the names Louise Greer and Stacey Simcox, of Egerton Court, Barrow-in-Furness LA14 – left her four pet cats to die after moving out of her flat; has breached ban on keeping animals twice
In April 2015 Dick was banned from owning pets for 15 years after she left her four pet cats to starve to death in an abandoned property.
The animals all died from multiple organ failure after going without food, and investigators found their lifeless bodies ridden with maggots and fleas.
The neglect occurred between June and September 2014.
RSPCA investigators did not find any food or water in the house, with vets later confirming that none of the cats had been fed for a significant amount of time.
Dick admitted abandoning them when she moved home and claimed that she visited occasionally to feed them.
The court heard how after discovering three of the four cats had died during one visit, Dick left their decaying bodies and the one surviving animal.
She was banned from owning pets for 15 years after allowing pets Rosie, Mojo, Daisy and Cheryl to perish in her home.
Speaking at the time, RSPCA prosecutor Steven Marsh explained how the animals were decomposing, with some missing eyes and riddled with fleas and maggots.
Dick was back before the courts in July 2018 after she was found living at a house in Cameron Street with five dogs.
She argued she had not understood the conditions of the ban and was handed a 12 month community order and tasked with completing 50 hours of unpaid work.
In January 2019 Dick was jailed for just eight weeks after pleading guilty to breaching the ban for a second time.
Original sentence for starving the cats: 18 weeks in jail. Banned from keeping any animal for 15 years (expires April 2030).
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