CONVICTED (2015) | Charmaine Samantha Grogan (aka Charmaine Cooper or Charmaine Church), born 1 October 1989, of Brownlow Crescent, Pinchbeck, Spalding PE11 3XD – failed to get veterinary treatment for Patterdale cross terrier with facial injuries possibly caused by badger baiting; dog lost an eye and her jaw was torn away
Grogan was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to Pepper, a female Patterdale-type terrier, between June 24 and July 2, 2014.
Skegness magistrates heard that Grogan had failed to seek proper veterinary care for Pepper after she suffered severe facial injuries, possibly when used for badger baiting.
Grogan, who at the time lived with serial violent criminal and convicted woman beater Matthew Dye, had first told vet staff and then the RSPCA and police that she had left Pepper in a shed but she had escaped and when found the next day, she was injured. Grogan said she immediately took Pepper to the vet.
But the vet and the RSPCA said the dog’s injury was probably caused up to ten days previously.
RSPCA Inspector William Rippon said Pepper had a serious injury to her face – skin ripped away from her lower jaw revealing bone and tendons and damage to an eye which would necessitate its removal. He said it appeared the dog had been attacked by another animal, perhaps a badger, in a confined space.
He said Pepper had been left to suffer an incredible degree of pain. He said she was underweight and ate ravenously after treatment.
In court Grogan changed her story, denying that Pepper was ever hers, and instead said that she had been approached by a traveller, whom she wouldn’t or couldn’t name but who apparently pressurised her to take the dog to a vet.
Grogan’s then live-in boyfriend, career criminal and lying toerag Matthew Dye, also refused to name the man, whom he said had been a friend but could not say where he lived or what he did for a living. He said he did not want to take the consequences which would follow if he named him. He had taken the original phone call, he said, from the traveller friend asking if he knew anyone who would take an injured dog to the vets for him.
Grogan, who also had a pet rat, cat, tortoise, terrapin and fish, said she loved all animals and would never cause one to suffer.
The magistrates told Grogan they were not going to ban her from keeping animals as she ‘did not inflict the injuries to this dog and you did take it to the vet’.
Pepper has recovered following major surgery during which her jaw was reconstructed and an artificial eye fitted. She has been rehomed.
Sentence: fined £275 and ordered to pay £500 towards the £4,600 costs of the trial, veterinary bills and boarding costs. No ban on keeping animals.
It Is Obvious, She Somehow New About What Had Gone On With This Poor Dog, and The Fact That Vets Confirmed It Had Happened A Week or So Previously, and The Fact That She Had Changed Her Story. This Dog Has Obviously Been Used For Fighting, and She Has Known About The Situation Somewhere Along The Line, It Is Also Obvious She Is Covering For Someone, and The Scum She Has Been Involved With.
How can they let her free? This woman tomorrow is going to kill a child or torture a human being next. She doesn’t deserve to be free after torturing a defenless animal and she should never be able to have a pet. This is why we need to stop breeders and selling lives to people that are clearly damaged. When are we going to understand that violent individuals speak about humans lack of intelligence and emphaty. This shows we have no humanity. Not just we create people like her, we allow them to thrive and we do not prevent this from happening again. This woman is going to torture more victims if we allow her. She destroyed the life of that dog! She should also pay for all the bills!