CONVICTED (2021) | Derek Raymond Wallace, born c. 1972, of 4 Haddon View, Brompton Regis, Dulverton TA22 9NW – caught on CCTV viciously attacking a helpless dog
In the short film, Wallace can be seen carrying seven-year-old terrier Darby, before he tips him over in his arms and drops him.
Darby falls, but catches by the neck on his lead before landing on the ground.
Wallace is then partly hidden by parked cars but then is seen to turn Darby, who is now crouching or lying on the ground.
Light from a torch he is holding obscures the image for a few seconds, but then he can be seen to kick Darby twice on the right hand side of his head and neck.
RSPCA Inspector Jo Daniel, who investigated for the charity, said: “A vet who watched the footage confirmed that the actions of Wallace in the footage had caused Darby to suffer, both by causing pain and potential injury, and also by causing fear and distress.”
In mitigation it was said it was an isolated incident and that Wallace had been drinking alcohol, with which he has issues, at the time of the offence.
Darby was signed over into the RSPCA’s care at the time of the investigation and has since been found a new home.
Sentencing: six-month curfew order; £690 costs and charges. Unspecified ban on keeping animals.
He looks a lovely little dog.
If he has issues as stated, he shouldn’t have a Dog.