CONVICTED (2011) | Kevin Stuart Varty, born 20/04/1968, of Brocket Close, Newton Aycliffe DL5 7NL, Andrew John Painter, born 30/08/1978, of Westerton View, Coundon, Bishop Auckland DL14 8QS, and Kieran Lee Wynn, born 19/02/1993, of Raby Terrace, Chilton, Ferryhill DL17 0JD – caused gross cruelty and tremendous suffering to a lurcher pup who’d been hit by a car
The court heard that Maggie had been run over on a Saturday evening, just hours after Wynn bought her. Claiming that he couldn’t afford vet treatment Wynn tied chopsticks to the dog’s broken leg with red lace and Sellotape.
Friends Varty and Painter visited Wynn’s home the following day and the wicked trio decided to kill her.
Varty first tried to “choke the dog out” but when she showed signs of life Painter stood on her, and pulled her back legs over her head, breaking her neck.
Painter then stabbed her repeatedly with a potato peeler and took her outside, believing she was dead, only for her to regain consciousness and wander off later that night. She was picked up by a passer-by who took her to the RSPCA. During several weeks of treatment Maggie had to have a leg amputated but miraculously recovered and was rehomed.
Wynn pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to Maggie by failing to provide her with veterinary care following a road traffic accident.
Varty and Painter admitted causing unnecessary suffering by subjecting the dog to physical trauma resulting in a fractured neck. Painter also admitted causing unnecessary suffering by repeatedly stabbing her with a potato peeler.
Sentencing:
Varty and Painter were both given 18 weeks in custody and lifetime bans from keeping animals. Wynn was given conditional bail and was due to be sentenced on August 22, 2011. The outcome of that sentence was never reported.
*All addresses correct as at September 2018,
Updates
In February 2015 Kieran Wynn, now 21 and a heroin addict, was jailed for five years after barging into a family’s home with a machete and made threats to kill
In March 2022 Wynn was jailed for four months after breaching a court-imposed restraining order in relation to an ex-partner for the fourth time in seven months.
In September 2020, he was jailed for ten months for four counts of battery, possessing an offensive weapon and harassment. It related to attack on the woman and two of her friends, in Ferryhill, in July 2020.
The court heard that Wynn had “a compendious record, for numerous offences, including burglary, larceny and using counterfeit currency.”