#MostEvil | Lance Cameron Elgar, aka Lance Giles, born 21/03/1995 of Ranscombe Road, Brixham TQ5 9UW – kicked and burned a cat to death.
Elgar, who at the time was living on a farm run by Christian group the Jesus Army in Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire, kicked the animal three times with steel toe-capped boots.
While the cat lay paralysed from the vicious assault, the then 19-year-old picked her up and threw her on a fire.
The animal, which belonged to the owners of a farm where Elgar was living, died after suffering broken bones, fractures, internal bleeding and a severed spinal cord.
The court heard the cat died after enduring ‘extreme pain and suffering’.
District Judge Tim Daber told Elgar it was ‘completely incredible’ someone would take their anger out on ‘a defenceless animal’.
He said: ‘Neither arguments, drinking or scratches are any excuse whatsoever. It shows incredible cruelty.
‘It is a very close call but your age, remorse and record for making positive contributions to the community have persuaded me to just keep you out of prison on this occasion.’
Sentencing: 12-week prison sentence suspended for two years. Ordered to pay a total of £2,433. Banned from owning animals for 10 years (expires February 2025).
Additional information
Following his animal cruelty conviction, Lance Elgar left the Jesus Army headquarters in Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire. While the group originally stood by Elgar and allegedly paid some of his legal costs, it appears that they expelled him after several witnesses came forward to say they had seen him hurting other animals on the farm. One man said he saw Elgar using pliers to pull out and sever the tongues of live chickens.
Elgar has been something of a drifter in the years since his conviction. He has lived in Portsmouth, Rugby and Chichester and also spent some time in prison (crime unknown) but appears to have settled in Brixham in Devon.
He is dating single mother Holli Peplow, née Mascilo and also known as Holli Sherratt. We contacted Ms Peplow to warn her about her boyfriend’s past. This is a screenshot of our conversation.
As Ms Peplow has three young children, we expected her to be grateful for the warning. We were wrong. And yes social services will be notified.
Another Mentally Disturbed Scum, he is obviously Not Safe Around Those Children, and She Doesn’t Seem To Care.
Please Advise: Have Social Services Been Informed.
Not yet and they really should be, Maria. It’s possible he’s hijacked her phone. It’s hard to imagine a woman – and a mother especially – being quite so callous as this one, but there you go.
You know, I’m sure there’s a way to crowd fund somebody to do the same to him? There would even be people prepared to pay per view when the justice takes place. This is not an impossible thing.
Holli Peplow is my ex the children are mine I have warned her over my concerns lance now owns his own puppy
I was shocked by her response. I expected her to be horrified about Elgar’s past but instead she seemed to think it was a huge joke. He is very dangerous, in all likelihood a psychopath.
He is under a court order banning him from owning animals until 2025
Interesting good to know