CONVICTED (2016) | George Gale, born c. 1997, of Doveys Terrace, Kington Langley, Chippenham SN15 5NX – shot a pet chicken with an airgun and hit her with a spade.
Gale pleaded guilty to causing suffering to the domestic fowl. He was prosecuted after someone witnessed the prolonged attack.
RSPCA inspector Ian Burns said: “He was seen just throwing the bird’s body over the fence – though it is impossible to know whether the animal was dead or dying when this happened.
“What we do know is that we found the body of the chicken in a seriously awful state. It was obvious how much the poor bird had been bashed about.
“The vet who examined the body afterwards said the air gun pellets had caused severe bruising but would not have caused the death.
“It is not known exactly what caused the death but it is likely to be the accumulated effect from a sustained, prolonged attack.
“This animal would have suffered a great deal.
“This seems to have been a completely mindless attack with no reason”.
Sentence: 14-week suspended prison sentence, total £230 charges. Disqualified from keeping all animals for five years (expired 2021).
Updates
December 2018
Gale is jailed for two years after being found carrying three knives in the centre of Chippeham. He had bought the blades from a shop before going to meet a traveller who he later told police he had threatened to ‘slash up’.
The court heard that Gale had been jailed for having a knife in March 2013 and August 2016 and was put on a community order for theft in mid September 2018.
By this point he had 22 other previous convictions for either assault or battery.
Gale, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to possessing a bladed article.
Guy Wyatt, defending, said his client was of ‘limited intellect’ and that his family says he suffers from a degree of autism.
He said Gale’s grandmother, who didn’t believe he had made threats against anyone, was willing to have him live with her.
Mr Wyatt said that he even had a job lined up as a labourer laying tarmac for the same traveller he was said to be threatening.
July 2020
Gale is given a four-year prison sentence after assaulting and robbing an 87-year-old woman.
His victim told jurors how she was grabbed from behind, causing her to fall to the floor.
She said: “I saw the man stood over me. He shouted and swore. I thought he was going to rape me so I screamed and he left.”
Another Mentally Disturbed Scum.
I don’t think he is safe to be on the streets.