Kenilworth, Warwickshire: Tiffany Guest

CONVICTED (2019) | Tiffany Guest, born 25/12/1989, previously of Winn Close in Kenilworth, Warwickshire and with links to Washbourne Road, Leamington Spa CV31 2LD – left her pets to starve to death after she moved out of her flat and left them behind, locked inside.

Tiffany Guest from Kenilworth left two cats and a dog to starve to death in an empty flat. Only the dog survived.
Tiffany Guest from Kenilworth left two cats and a dog to starve to death in an empty flat. Only the dog survived.

Guest cruelly abandoned her cats Reggie and Ronnie and dog Kray in a property before concerned neighbours alerted police 10 days later.

Tiffany Guest from Kenilworth left two cats and a dog to starve to death in an empty flat. Only the dog survived.
The dog, Kray, survived by eating the remains of a cat that had starved to death

Officers forced entry into the flat in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, and discovered the emaciated Staffordshire bull terrier-type dog and the body of a starved cat on May 30, 2017.

Shockingly, a court heard how Kray had only survived by eating Ronnie after running out of contents scavenged from the bin.

The RSPCA were alerted and took Kray into care for treatment while an investigation was launched.

Tiffany Guest from Kenilworth left two cats and a dog to starve to death in an empty flat. Only the dog survived.

Guest was traced to near her work, which was only a mile away from the flat where she abandoned the pets.

But she left the country in a bid to evade justice after being told she faced animal welfare offences and was later traced to Malta.

Guest returned to the UK 13 months ago and was arrested by border control for the outstanding warrant.

She was brought before magistrates in relation to the animal cruelty charges and was bailed to re-appear at another date – but again fled to Malta.

Tiffany Guest from Kenilworth left two cats and a dog to starve to death in an empty flat. Only the dog survived.
Horrific conditions inside the flat where Tiffany Guest left her pets to starve to death

On October 10, 2019, Guest was again arrested after she re-entered the country and was remanded in custody until her case at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court.

Pictures released by the RSPCA show the emaciated body of poor pooch Kray and the remains of Reggie strewn across the untidy flat.

Other heartbreaking images show how the animals had trawled leftover food from the bin in a desperate bid to survive.

Tiffany Guest from Kenilworth left two cats and a dog to starve to death in an empty flat. Only the dog survived.
The dog, who is now known as Bobby, has recovered in the RSPCA’s care

RSPCA Inspector Boris Lasserre said after the case: “It is incomprehensible to think the suffering these pets must have endured and how terrified they must have been for such a long period of time before the cats died of starvation.

“It must have been terrible for Kray to watch as the cats died in front of him.

“There was evidence the pets had scavenged to try and feed themselves as the bin contents were all over the kitchen floor.

“Just 14 days later, by being fed properly in RSPCA care he made an amazing recovery with a significant increase in weight.

“Warwickshire Police officers did an amazing job in finding Kray, who they renamed Bobby, just in time as he would not have survived much longer.

“He is a lovely gentle dog and made a remarkable recovery in RSPCA care and has now been re-homed.”

In mitigation, the court was told she suffered from depression at the time of the incident.

Sentencing: 18 weeks in jail. Ordered to pay £372 costs and charges. Banned from keeping all animals for 15 years.

Mirror

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