CONVICTED (2012) | Brett Paul Simms, born 09/01/1975, of 36F Gelli Road, Burry Port, Llanelli SA14 9AT – punched and stamped on a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, killing him

Simms punched and stamped on two-year-old spaniel Zac after, he said, the dog broke into his partner’s garden and killed a number of his chickens.

After killing Zac, Simms threw his body over the garden fence where a group of children were playing.

Sentencing Simms, magistrates described the incident as a serious crime which merited a custodial sentence.

Apart from the cruelty he had inflicted on the dog, they added he had also caused great distress to the children and others who had witnessed the dog being thrown over the fence.

After the hearing RSPCA inspector Neill Manley said: “This was a monstrous crime, one of the worst animal welfare offences I have ever come across and the defendant fully deserves this sentence.”

Simms previously served four months of imprisonment for assault in 2010.

Sentence: 18-week jail sentence,banned from owning or keeping any dog for five years (expired 2017).

Source: Llanelli Star (link removed).