CONVICTED (2011) | Kirsty Amanda Sanson, born 26/07/1991, most recently (2019) of 44 Oldford Walk, Stourbridge DY13 0DP – left a dog to starve to death in shed
Sanson, who now goes by the name Kirsty Woods, was prosecuted after the emaciated body of a dead dog was found in a small shed just feet away from the kitchen of the property in which she was staying
She initially denied the charges, claiming she did not know the dog – a female Staffy named Paddy who did not belong to Sanson – was locked in the shed. The case was set to proceed to trial until Sanson changed her plea to guilty.
Sentence: community order, fines, two-year ban on keeping animals (expired December 2013).