CONVICTED (2015) | Luke Marshall, born c. 1986, of Sturton Villas, Scawby, Brigg DN20 9DH – left a rubber band round his dog’s nose until it became severely infected.
Luke Marshall pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal after he “failed to notice” the band wrapped around the grey crossbreed dog’s nose for between 10 and 14 days.
RSPCA prosecutor Rachel Taylor told the court Marshall was not the primary owner of the dog, named Haribo, but should have noticed the wound caused by the band.
She said: “Mr Marshall was interviewed by the RSPCA. He accepted being the joint owner.
“He conceded he hadn’t checked enough and should have noticed the injury.”
Marshall is currently staying with his father, who owns two dogs.
District Judge Ray Murphy said: “I’m sure you have searched your conscience forwards, backwards and upside down. You are to have no responsibility for your father’s dogs at all, even taking them for a walk.”
Marshall’s ex wife Ayshea Marshall (née Tebbett) was prosecuted separately for Haribo’s suffering. She too was given a community service and banned from keeping animals for five years.
Sentencing: 100 hours of unpaid community work; ordered to pay a total of £1,390.15. Banned from owning animals for five years (expired 2020).
Original source: Scunthorpe Telegraph (link removed).
How the hell can you: Not Notice A Rubber Band Wrapped Around A Dogs Nose, and also leave it there for 10 to 14 Days.
How the hell is it supposed to Eat and Drink.
All I can say is: these people must be severely backward.
I can only assume, that maybe it was some kind of Muzzle, that had gone wrong or forgotten about.