#MostEvil | Jason (Jay) Christopher Tillier, born c. 1966, previously of High Street, Treorchy but as of May 2021 living in Llewellyn Street, Pontygwaith, Ferndale CF43 3LD – battered his pet dog to death with a piece of scaffolding before dumping his body in a plastic tub in the garden
On 22 December 2010 RSPCA inspector Simon Evans attended Jay Tillier’s address after receiving information that there were dead dogs at the property.
Tillier initially lied that there were two dogs in the house and two that had been given away.
Inspector Evans entered the blood-spattered property and when he went upstairs he found a distressed bull terrier, known as Lips, cowering under a bed with one of her legs protruding awkwardly. A vet found her to be suffering from total lameness. Tillier hadn’t sought veterinary treatment for her. Lips had to have her leg amputated by vets just days later.
The RSPCA officer then walked downstairs through the kitchen doors, which were covered in blood. The back door also had spots of blood.
In the garden, Inspector Evans found the body of a dead dog in a shopping trolley, covered in a layer of snow.
Tillier denied killing the dog but admitted he used the trolley as an “incinerator” to burn dead or injured dogs.
Nearby, Inspector Evans saw a large plastic tub smeared in blood. Inside the tub he discovered the body of another dog, Ralph.
Tillier admitted he had repeatedly hit the animal with a piece of scaffold piping in the house and later concealed his body in the garden.
He claimed Ralph had been very aggressive towards him and that he had killed the animal in self-defence.
Bizarrely he told the RSPCA investigator that 10-year-old Ralph, whom he had owned since he was a puppy, was “the only dog I’ve ever loved”.
The final dog, Red, was the only healthy pet in Tillier’s house. He was taken into RSPCA care.
A post-mortem examination on Ralph revealed that he had soft tissue damage, bruises and stab wounds to his face.
David Sedgwick, defending, said Tillier – who was already in custody for unrelated drugs offences – had suffered a mental breakdown at the time of the attack.
He said: “Mr Tillier cannot quite believe the position he’s in.
“He considered himself to be a dog lover and had owned Ralph for 10 years. Many of the dog’s needs were met and there was no evidence of starvation.
The costs sustained by the RSPCA in bringing this prosecution amounted to more than £12,000.
Over £9,000 of this reflected veterinary fees and the costs of boarding Lips and another dog, Red, as neither had been signed over to the RSPCA by the defendant.
Tillier pleaded guilty to two charges of unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.
RSPCA inspector Simon Evans said: “This has been one of the most disturbing cases I’ve ever had to investigate and I am pleased with this sentence. These animals were living in a house of death and I’m relieved that we’ve been able to prevent further suffering.”
Sentencing: 14 weeks and 23 weeks in prison concurrently for the treatment of Lips and Ralph. Disqualified from owning, keeping or being party to any pets for life. No costs were awarded.
Absolutely Heart Breaking.
This Person belongs in a Mental Institution.
Why the Hell do people such as this keep Dogs.
If you haven’t got the patience for Basic Training a Dog will obviously need. Then don’t have them in the first place.