CONVICTED (2022) | violent ‘gangster’ Jamie Gallogly, born c. 1994, of Main Street, Belleeks, Newry BT35 7PH – kept seven starving dogs in squalor.

Serial animal abuser Gallogly, who is a known associate of an ultra-violent organised crime gang led by the Dublin-based Shebani brothers, was found guilty of one animal welfare offence.

The case was brought by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council after its animal welfare department received a complaint concerning the welfare of dogs at Cortamlat Road, Newtownhamilton, Newry.

The dogs’ living accommodation was described as “extremely unhygienic”.

Outside pens were covered in faecal matter and urine. No clean or dry bedding and no fresh food or water were available.

The inside of the property was also heavily contaminated with dog faeces and urine resulting in a strong, heavy smell of urine throughout.

The officer said the chewing of doors and furniture indicated signs of the animals’ prolonged stress and presented ingestion hazards.

A vet assessed the environment and determined the dogs were suffering. They were therefore removed from the property by the animal welfare officers.

The court was also told Gallogly had been the subject of previous animal welfare investigations and repeatedly failed to provide and maintain a clean and safe environment for the animals.

Sentencing | ordered to pay a fine of £350 and costs totalling £7,072. Disqualified from keeping animals for five years (expires October 2027).

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