#MostEvil | Andrew James Mackay, born 1 June 1991, of 59 Laing Gardens, Broxburn EH52 6XU – battered a dog to death while partner Nicole Logan, born 28 September 1993, of the same address turned a blind eye to the dog’s suffering.

Andrew Mackay told a vet he had tripped over crossbred Bonzo while doing the dishes just days before Christmas in 2019.

But in reality, he had savagely beaten the defenceless dog in a series of “barbaric and tortuous” attacks, leaving him with more than 25 rib factures. He then failed to get him proper medical treatment.

An x-ray of Bonzo’s broken body found he had suffered at least 25 rib fractures, fractures on his eye socket and cheek, a ruptured trachea and injuries to his face.

Shockingly, these injuries were caused on four separate occasions and would have left the pooch in unimaginable pain.

Mackay was jailed for 18 weeks after being found guilty of abusing the animal and failing to get him medical treatment between September and December 2019.

His partner, Nicole Logan, was convicted of two counts of causing unnecessary suffering by failing to get Bonzo help and given a suspended sentence..

The horrific abuse campaign took place at the couple’s former home in Clarence Avenue, Knott-End-On-Sea, Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire, before they returned to Scotland.

Blackpool Magistrates’ Court heard how Bonzo was taken to a vets by Mackay on December 23, 2019 where he claimed to have fallen on the dog.

The vet was unable to save Bonzo and he tragically died during attempts to resuscitate him.

The vet suspected that the pet had died as a result of abuse so reported the matter to the RSPCA.

Inspector Will Lamping along with officers from Lancashire Police visited Mackay’s address as part of the investigation and spoke with Logan.

She told them that her partner had told her Bonzo received a punctured lung while running through some bushes.

Later that day Mackay himself contacted the RSPCA and claimed he had injured Bonzo by standing on him and falling over him as he was washing up, while Logan was at work.

He also said the dog also had some old injuries from running through some bushes a month and a half before.

However, in court independent veterinary experts said the injuries could not have been caused by a fall but said Bonzo had been subjected to a series of abuse – and two attacks were most likely caused by blunt force trauma.

Mackay had claimed that he had tried to give him CPR for 10 minutes after ‘falling on him’ but when this failed he took the dog to the vets.

The vet saw some cuts around the dog’s mouth which Mackay said must have happened when he scraped himself against rocks while walking on the beach earlier.

The court heard how he had previously taken the dog to the same vets in October 2019 after claiming the dog had appeared from some bushes with a blister on his eye.

During this examination the vet found the dog had a number of broken ribs in addition to the cut on his eye.

In a statement the independent veterinary expert said: “The majority of injuries sustained by Bonzo on both 10/10/19 and 23/12/19 were blunt force in nature.

“Blunt force trauma occurs when a stationary animal is struck with a moving object – for example hitting a dog with a hammer – or a moving animal collides with a stationary object such as throwing a dog against a wall.

“The radiographs produced on October 10 2019 and December 23, 2019 indicate that Bonzo had sustained a large number of rib fractures.

“The rib fractures are so numerous it is difficult to determine precisely how many rib fractures have been sustained but there are at least 25.

“The radiographs produced on October 10, 2019 indicate at least two separate episodes of trauma had occurred as some fractures had begun to heal which was the same on December 23.

“This indicates that Bonzo sustained blunt force trauma to the chest on at least four separate occasions between the beginning of September 2019 and December 23, 2019 that resulted in multiple rib fractures and a fractured right cheek bone.”

In sentencing the pair the magistrate described the attacks as “barbaric and torturous” and that it was “prolonged and deliberate injuries”.

They added that Logan was aware of the injuries but failed to seek veterinary treatment for her dog who was left in a suffering state.

Inspector Lamping said: “The injuries caused to Bonzo were some of the worst I’ve seen. The image of his broken body will stay with me for a long time.”

Sentencing:
Mackay: 18 weeks in jail. Ordered to pay a total of £2,128 in costs and charges. Banned from keeping all animals for 10 years.

Logan: 12-week prison term suspended for 12 months; 100 hours of unpaid work; curfew, £328 in costs and charges. Banned from keeping dogs for 10 years.

Bans expire August 2031.

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