CONVICTED (2023) | Ross Jan Stone, born March 1983, of Trenance Downs, St. Austell, PL25 5RH – for cruelty to his pet lurcher.
Stone, drug dealer once implicated in a 2012 double murder case, who was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to the tan lurcher-type dog, known as Taz, by failing to investigate and address the causes of her poor bodily condition and weight loss.
He was convicted on one count of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and one count of failing to ensure the welfare of an animal for which he was responsible.
The offences took place between June 20 and July 20, 2022, in St Austell.
It has not been reported if the dog survived.
Stone pleaded not guilty to both offences but was eventually found guilty.
Sentencing | eight-week curfew; mental health treatment; rehabilitation; costs of £1,040 and victim surcharge of £114. No mention of a ban.
A dead loss to society, a nightmare for animals. Poor dog, a man too inadequate to care for a dependent animal. He can hold all the big fish he wants but he’s nowt.