CONVICTED (2021) | Joshua Elliott Alexander, born June 1989, of 20a Queen Street, Henley-on-Thames RG9 1AP – chased, intimidated and punched his pet dog
Company director Josh Alexander pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a black terrier named Goat and failing to ensure that his needs were met.
The IT specialist was caught on CCTV harming the dog between February 28 and March 8, 2020.
He was filmed chasing him along an alleyway next to his home and punching him.
After viewing the footage, presiding magistrate Chloe Jeffs told Alexander that he would be spared jail for the offences, which could have merited a 51-week prison sentence.
Miss Jeffs said: “This case is so serious that custody has been a strong option. We have thought long and hard about whether to send you to prison.
“We have more than 35 years’ experience on the bench and we have never seen footage as upsetting as what we have seen today when it comes to animal welfare.
“Your intimidating behaviour towards a dog who you claim to miss was cruel, mean and, frankly, quite shocking and to call yourself an animal lover is outrageous. We do not believe that you can be trusted to look after animals.”
Goat has since been rehomed by the RSCPA.
Nikki Denham, an investigator with the charity, said: “It is upsetting to see Goat cowering in the footage.
“I would like to thank the police and witnesses for reporting the matter as without people like them, the RSPCA would struggle to bring incidents like this to the attention of the courts.”
Sentencing: 12-month community order, with nine months of drug rehabilitation and 20 rehabilitation days; £690 costs. Banned from keeping animals for life.
If you haven’t got the Patience For Basic Training, that A Dog will
obviously need. don’t even bother to get one in the first place.
He’s also taken his Face Book Page Down.
Bet he has! Scum