CONVICTED (2021) | Ashley Graham, born 24 August 1985, of 36 Crossfolds Crescent, Peterhead AB42 1RE – allowed her dog to become a “walking skeleton”
Peterhead woman Ashley Graham was banned from owning dogs for four years after her desperately ill pet dog, known as Lola, was put to sleep.
Scottish SPCA Inspector Fiona McKenzie described Lola’s condition as the most horrific she had seen in her 13 years of service.
Inspector McKenzie said: “I had been called out to Graham’s address after a complaint was made to our animal helpline about Lola’s condition.
“When I first laid eyes on Lola, I was shocked. I could not believe what I was seeing. She was like a walking skeleton.
“She had no body fat or muscle, her skin just hung off her bones. There was no fat on Lola’s head and everything was sunken. Her eyes were cloudy with signs of infection and they had sunk back in to her eye sockets.
“Lola was suffering excessive hair loss from what looked like a chronic skin condition and her skin was hot to touch. Her ears had infected wounds which had eaten away at the edge of her ears. She was very weak and had a depressed demeanour.
“It was clear Lola was suffering from lack of nutrition and was in need of veterinary attention.”
The vet concluded that Lola’s condition had developed over the course of several months causing a prolonged period of suffering.
Lola was given antibiotics and a number of treatments and her decayed teeth were extracted. Despite this and the best efforts made by the Scottish SPCA to save her, poor Lola didn’t respond to the treatment for her septicaemia and the difficult decision was made that the kindest thing for Lola was to put her to sleep to end her suffering.
“This is a devastating end to Lola’s life which could have easily been avoided if Graham had provided an adequate diet or had asked a vet for advice sooner,” said Inspector McKenzie. “Ultimately Graham is responsible for the death of Lola.
“Any sentence is a success but we believe that Lola’s condition should have resulted in a lifetime ban on owning animals.
“We believe this would have been an appropriate sentence for Graham.
“But we do hope this has made her think seriously about her ability to care for any animal in the future.”
Sentencing | 100-hour community payback order. Banned from owning dogs for just four years (expires May 2025).
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Yet another Pathetic Sentence dished out, for Starving An Animal To Death. Absolutely Heart Breaking. To leave something suffer to this extent. She won’t have no luck for what she has done.
Evil Mentally Disturbed Scum.
This disgusting piece of garbage needs to be lock up for all the suffering she cause that poor animal.
4 year ban. She should have a LIFE TIME ban from keeping any animals or having children. What mindset if a.oerobs allows any living creature to starve to death..it is not excusable and courts need to STOP making excusesmnthere are rescues all over the land willing to help struggling owners. No one has to own an animal but once they choose to (you don’t fall animal owner like falling pregnant). It is a conscious decision to get a pet therefore you have the responsibility to keep it safe fed and watered. How is what she did any less vile and abusive than if I took a dog or cat into the street and kicked it for 10 minutes. I tell you what her abuse lasted weeks. I would expected to be locked up for any animals abuse and rightly so
put her in a cell, bread water, until she is thin as the dog she starved.
she he will have took keep looking over their shoulder…disgusting person needs putting away
Should be an automatic life ban and custodial sentence. The law is an absolute joke.
Who ever passed this sentence is the lowest of the low this scum needs locking up and starved
Hopefully karma will prevail we don’t need cancers like this in our society ship her off to space and open the door.
This woman should have gone to prison and banned from keeping animals ever. What she did to that poor dog is so sickening, I can’t get to grips with the fact she knew what she was doing , evil horrible piece of trash. Sleep well lovely dog.
They should take back hanging in this country. That’s what her sentence should have been.
It’s about time that the judge’s issued sentences fit for the crime. In this case a life for a life
Obviously this woman has evil inside her.. This will not go away. She needs to be punished properly for making that poor defenceless dog suffer so much.. This kind of sentence will make her worse… The law has to get toucher and start jailing sentencing for these sick animal abusing nut jobs..
4 years is not nearly enough
What she did was the lowest kind of treatment of a dog. Personally if I did see her with another dog in 4 years I would
Personally remove the animal from her care, whether it was a crime doing it or not. There must be something wrong in the head for someone to be able to watch and do what she did.
What a sickeningly pathetic sentence for absolute act of inhumane deliberate cruelty .
How do these Judges keep their jobs? We should protest. From the photo you can see she has paid attention to herself..she must have had family, people who knew.
How did she just ignore her dying dog..and feed herself?. This sociopathic needed jail and a life time ban. No wonder people get away with it.
The disgusting person who has the totle of a Judge is as bad.. letting it slide lukewarm slap on the hand.