#MostEvil | Tomas Gabriel Couceiro Ferreira, born 2 April 1996, of Edmund Street, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8EY – beat a dog with a metal pole in a series of violent attacks, causing her to suffer multiple broken bones and to lose an eye
Tomas Ferreira’s Bichon Frise Skye was discovered with a broken jaw, broken ribs, a broken bone in her back leg and 10 broken teeth.
She also suffered a ruptured eyeball which had to be removed, completely robbing her of her sight because she was already blind in her other eye.
Tameside Magistrates’ Court heard that Ferreira was violent and regularly abused the dog.
When the RSPCA visited Ferreira’s then home in Gamesley, which is near Glossop, Derbyshire, they discovered blood splatters around the house and a number of metal poles with blood on them, including one with white hair on it.
Skye was rescued by a member of the public who saw her in a distressed state and took her to Victoria Veterinary centre in Glossop where she was given pain relief and the RSPCA were alerted.
Inspector Nichola Waterworth went to collect Skye and she was taken to the RSPCA’s Greater Manchester Animal Hospital where the extent of her injuries were discovered.
Veterinary staff were worried that the fractured jaw may have been beyond repair as it was an older injury but Skye was able to recover by wearing a special muzzle for a month which held the broken bones in place while they healed.
Ferreira was found guilty causing unnecessary suffering to a dog by the infliction of a blunt force trauma and physical violence.
Ferreira has a history of violence and in November 2017, when he was living in Taunton, Somerset, faced charges of assault against two women and a man. The outcome of his trial is unknown.
Skye has since been rehomed and is said to still be an affectionate and confident dog, despite her ordeal.
Inspector Waterworth said: “The member of the public who rescued the dog said she looked broken and was really concerned for her well-being.
“How she survived such horrific attacks is unbelievable really but she had so many injuries and broken bones there was a real concern she wouldn’t pull through.
“But she is a brave little character and despite having her ruptured eye removed, making her completely blind, she also had to wear a special muzzle for 24 hours a day, seven days a week and eat with it on – she went through all this and has made an amazing recovery.
“The jail sentence shows violence against animals, like Skye, will not be tolerated. I am delighted to say she has now been re-homed into a loving environment where she is being given the life she deserves.
“Despite her blindness she is confident and still likes to get out and about and explore and she is so affectionate.”
Sentencing | Jailed for 18 weeks; ordered to pay £150 victim surcharge. Banned for life from keeping animals.
He wanted hanging heartless moron.
Needed more punishment than that, karma hope it visits him sometime
What a useless waste of breath this guy is. No use to anyone for anything, well perhaps target practice. This poor dog’s old injuries were likely caused by him too. Thank goodness someone found her and took her to the vet or next time he might have killed her and no one would ever have known a thing about her passing. My head just cannot get around the cruelty….
Disgusting.
He is my ex.
I Google him every few years and it gets worse and worse.
We used to live together in a shared house in Oldham. He attacked me after I broke up with him. Everyone in our house turned against me and no one believed me.
What filth to do this to a defenseless animal. He needs to root in hell. Drug addict piece of scum
I dated Tom for a while ! Before I found out the real him Sick individual