CONVICTED (2023) | Kayleigh Smee, born c. 1989, of Cambria Avenue, Rochester ME1 3HZ – killed a chihuahua by hurling him 30ft out of third-floor window.
Mother-of-two Smee, who works as a cleaner, threw the eight-year-old dog, called Prince, from the window of a third-storey flat in Rochester. While Prince initially survived the fall, he was too badly injured to be saved.
Jeremy Cave, prosecuting on behalf of the RSPCA, told how Smee and boyfriend Ryan Doe had been out drinking and returned to her flat in Rochester.
A row broke out and Smee claimed her lover was violent and had damaged the door of the flat after she threw him out.
As he stood below her window, Smee began throwing out crockery before throwing out Prince, alleging her lover had often beaten the animal.
Smee initially claimed not to have tossed the canine out of the window, then claimed he may have been thrown out with clothes.
But Mr Cave said none of the eye witnesses saw any clothes on the ground, just the injured dog.
Prince was then taken for treatment by a vet after suffering bleeding and severe spasms but 12 hours later he was put down despite emergency treatment.
Smee pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to Prince.
John Connor, defending, told the court Smee had been “of good character for about the last decade”, and that her previous offending was not animal related.
He said Smee was in an abusive relationship at the time of the incident and had “an awful lot going on in her life”.
Judge Philip Statman told Smee: “Prince, this much loved little Chihuahua, died the most awful death…which was wholly avoidable.
“This was an ugly incident which happened spontaneously but was not done out of revenge.”
He said some people say the way animals are treated is the hallmark of a civilised society.
The judge told her that she had only pleaded guilty days before the trial was due to begin and said he was not convinced her remorse was genuine.
He said she was “thinking about herself” too much, evidenced by her looking around the courtroom throughout the hearing.
Sentencing | 12-month jail sentence suspended for two years; 200 hours of unpaid work; 30 rehabilitation activity days. Banned from owning or keeping a dog for 10 years (expires July 2033).
Wth we’ve all gone through something I’ve also.had a abusive relationship. But no way does that condone what you done. Your sick and twisted. And seems to me you was the abuser not the abused. You sick bitch.
Throw the evil bitch in prison !!
Interesting comments in court on her attitude. No pets ever, I’d say.She sounds an awful liar.