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Doncaster Hare Coursing Gang: Eugene Meenaghan, Joe Murtagh, Jay Poole, Jake Reidy

April 28, 2024 misanthropic Leave a comment

CONVICTED (2024) | Eugene Meenaghan, born 10 February 2001, of 43 Crabgate Lane, Skellow, Doncaster DN6 8LE, Joseph Murtagh, born December 2001, from Woodlands, Doncaster, Jay Poole born 2 April 2004, of 3 The Circuit, Woodlands, Doncaster DN6 7TE, and Jake Reidy, born 23 May 2005, of 58 Princess Avenue, Stainforth, Doncaster DN7 5QY – for the possession of hare coursing equipment and destroying a farmer’s field.

The four men, who are all prolific wildlife persecutors, travelled from Doncaster to the hamlet of Apley, near Wragby, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, in the early hours of 1 October 2023. They then drove through a farmer’s field, damaging the land and destroying crops, before attempting to leave the area.

Eugene Meenaghan

The crime was reported to Lincolnshire Police and patrolling officers from Spec Ops quickly identified the vehicle and stopped the group near Burton Waters.

Officers found longdogs and equipment such as lamps – used in lamping to stun wild animals before dogs are set loose.

They were arrested and subsequently videos of animal fights were found on their phones.

All four men were charged with being equipped to hare course, breach of section nine of the animal welfare act and criminal damage. They pleaded guilty to these charges.

On Thursday 25 April 2024 officials at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court told the group to pay out a combined total of £19,791.72 in costs and compensation.

Eugene Meenaghan will pay £5,262,93.
Joseph Murtagh will pay £4,842.93.
Jay Poole will pay £4,842.93.
Jake Reidy will pay £4,842.93.

Magistrates described the crimes as ‘cruel and despicable’ and said the events of that night had ‘caused great distress’.

This result comes after a lengthy police investigation and PC Karen Irving, who works for the rural crime action team, insists this behaviour won’t be tolerated.

She said: “We are determined to make Lincolnshire the safest place to live, work and visit. This result shows we will use all avenues available to us to bring people to justice and protect our communities and wildlife.

Sentencing | costs and compensation; 10-year criminal behaviour order not to enter Lincolnshire with longdogs; 100 hours of community service. Forfeiture of mobile phones and lamping equipment. Disqualified from keeping dogs for 10 years..

Lincs Police
Lincolnshire World

Dogs, Domestic Violence - Animals Targeted, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers, Worst of the Worst

Wallasey, Merseyside: Lee Cavanagh

July 20, 2022 misanthropic Leave a comment

CONVICTED (2022) | Lee Cavanagh, born c. 2001, of Rankin Street, Poulton, Wallasey CH44 5TG – locked his “cowering” partner in a room and beat her as she tried to protect her dog from his vicious attacks.

Police mugshot of domestic abuser and dog beater Lee Cavanagh from Wallasey

Cavanagh flew into a rage after his girlfriend went out with her friends on Boxing Day 2021, and took it out on her by subjecting her and her pug to an assault in her own home.

After his attack on the woman he spent months threatening her, ordering her to retract statements she had made about him to the police and telling her “the beatings I’ve given you in the past are nothing compared to what you are going to get today”.

Domestic abuser and dog beater Lee Cavanagh from Wallasey. Picture: Facebook

Joshua Sanderson-Kirk, prosecuting, said Cavanagh’s ex had been in a relationship with him for around three years and said he was frequently abusive towards her

She went out with her friends to celebrate Boxing Day and had been unable to contact him after her phone ran out of battery.

Cavanagh knew where she was and followed her out, forcing her to come home to her flat. When they got back she realised he had smashed numerous pieces of furniture and he then began attacking her, eventually locking her and her small pug into a room with him and assaulting her for two hours.

Mr Sanderson-Kirk said the woman lay terrified in the room as she tried to stop Cavanagh from hurting the dog, which he kicked on numerous occasions.

He said: “She describes cowering on the floor while trying to protect her dog, which had already been kicked by the defendant.”

Mr Sanderson-Kirk said the woman later told police she even considered jumping out the window but decided not to because she wanted to keep her dog safe. Eventually, Cavanagh let her out into the hallway and she was able to make a run for it when he received a phone call.

The court heard she had to carry her dog for half an hour while walking barefoot and bleeding from her face in order to get to her mum’s house. She was then taken to hospital for treatment.

She didn’t immediately make a complaint to police after Cavanagh apologised to her. However, she ended the relationship shortly afterwards and he then began harassing her. She did then tell the police about Cavanagh’s attack on her, as well as other occasions when he had been abusive.

After hearing of the accusations against him, Cavanagh began to bombard the woman with messages telling her to retract her complaints. On one occasion, he followed her to a park and threatened her as she walked her dog, on another he sent her a message over Facebook telling her he was going to beat her up again.

That message, read out in court, said: “Beatings I’ve given you in the past are nothing compared to what you are going to get today, I’m going to jail anyway.”

Cavanagh was later arrested and pleaded guilty to a range of offences, including assault, harassment, criminal damage and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.

He appeared for sentencing at Liverpool Crown Court on those charges, as well as for a separate assault on a teenager in Seacombe.

Adam Antoszkiw, defending, said Cavanagh had a “very difficult childhood” and, after being remanded in custody, was now trying to turn his life around so he didn’t offend again.

Sentencing | jailed for a total of 28 months. A restraining order prevents him from contacting his ex girlfriend for ten years.

Liverpool Echo

Dogs, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers, Worst of the Worst

Kirkham / Lancaster, Lancashire: Ashley Grundy and Steven Robinson

May 16, 2022 misanthropic 2 Comments

CONVICTED (2022) | Ashley Grundy, born c. 1990, of Preston Street, Kirkham, Preston PR4 and Steven Paul Robinson, born c. 1982, of Devonshire Street, Lancaster LA1 4TQ – decapitated a dog and left his head on a door handle in act of revenge

Steven Robinson (left) and Ashley Grundy

Violent career criminals Ashley Grundy and Steven Robinson were in The Baron’s Rest pub in Astley Village on May 19 2018 when they got into a dispute with another customer.

Grundy, whose previous convictions include dangerous driving and possession of a knife, threatened the customers in the pub and then in the early hours of the following morning the pair drove to the victim’s address in Whittle le Woods. They stole the pet Yorkshire terrier called Bailey and drove back to the Baron’s Rest where they decapitated the dog.

The victim’s mother and her child discovered the sickening sight after the duo dumped the dog’s body at the pub and left his head on the handle of an address in Astley Village where Bailey lived.

The pair were sentenced to 19 months in prison for criminal damage and outraging public decency.

The Crown Prosecutor described the incident as an act of revenge and intimidation which was intended to cause maximum fear to the victims.

Police launched an investigation following the incident and carried out extensive enquiries to bring the sadistic pair to justice.

The carcass of Bailey was later discovered in the bushes at the side of the Barons Rest. An extensive CCTV trawl showed the defendant Robinson discarding an item into the bush using a car mat to wrap the item in which was later found to be Bailey’s decapitated body.

Sgt Paul Harrison, who led the investigation, said: “This was a lengthy investigation which involved a number of officers. Officers sat through hours of CCTV and had to go through distressing incidents to compare the DNA from Bailey’s head and carcass to the DNA of the blood found in and on the vehicle that Grundy and Robinson were using. I’d like to thank all the officers involved who worked tirelessly to bring this investigation to a conclusion. I now hope that this can give some closure to the victim who lost a beloved pet due to the barbaric act of these two individuals.”

LancsLive

Additional Information

Steven Robinson’s previous convictions include:

2014: defrauding a vulnerable woman out of £23,000 by charging her for building work that was never done.
2015: scamming elderly people.
2019: false imprisonment and assault.
2019: fly tipping.

Dogs, Pet Theft, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers, Worst of the Worst

Luton, Bedfordshire: Deon Ellis

June 22, 2021 misanthropic 2 Comments

CONVICTED (2021) | Deon Ellis, born c. 1989, said to be of no fixed abode but with a last known address of Fallowfield, Luton LU3 and with links to Corby, Northants – stole a puppy before stabbing him and deliberately running him over with his van.

Deon Ellis savagely attacked ‘XL bully’ dog Hugo, who was just four months old at the time, leaving him for dead in the road.

Hugo was later found with serious injuries and knife wounds by volunteers who had searched through the night for him following a social media appeal. The young dog had to have life-saving surgery which was paid for by public donations.

The court heard Ellis had been involved in a dispute with Hugo’s family and stole the dog in ‘revenge’ while he was being walked.

Witnesses reported Ellis grabbing and lifting the dog by his collar before leaving the scene.

Hugo was then taken more than 60 miles away to Corby where a woman heard a dog cry out in pain and Ellis driving towards him. He was then seen swerving the van to make sure he hit the animal.

The puppy was later found and taken to a vet with lacerations which were consistent with stab wounds. Blood splatters which were linked to Hugo’s DNA were found in the back of the van which was recovered in the town.

The court heard Ellis, who appeared over video-link from HMP Peterborough, callously refused to give Hugo’s owner details of what he had done to the dog.

The court heard that Ellis’ previous convictions included possession of a firearm in 2015.

Ellis was convicted by a jury of theft of a dog and criminal damage to a dog.

Recorder George Keightley told Ellis it was a “cruel, targeted and planned act” which was “motivated by revenge”.

He added: “You attempted, in my view, to either seriously injure or kill this puppy and in effect left it for dead in the street.”

Sentencing: Ellis was jailed for a total of two years and four months and will serve up to half before being released on licence.

Northamptonshire Telegraph
Luton Today

Dogs, foxes, hunting with dogs, hunts, Wildlife Crime / Bloodsports

Woodlands, Doncaster: Robert Nevill

May 23, 2021 misanthropic 3 Comments

CONVICTED (2021) | Robert David Nevill, born 11 August 1988, of 95 Shaftsbury Avenue, Woodlands, Doncaster DN6 7TH – attacked a hunt saboteur group’s vehicle with the body of a dead fox

Robert Nevill with partner Lisa Youngman

Robert Nevill, supporter of the Badsworth and Bramham Moor Hunt and an animal persecutor in his own right, was caught on video smashed the poor animal’s remains repeatedly against the window of the vehicle while horrified members of the Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs screamed at him to stop.

The shocking footage shows other hunt thugs goading Nevill on. These included his partner Lisa Youngman (aka Lisa Frost), born 18 December 1979, her son Morgan Teale (aka Morgan Kmiotek), born 20 August 2000, his then partner Molly Marisa, plus Adam Oakes, born c. 1992, of Finlay Road, Rotherham, and Adam Harrison of 22 Welfare Avenue, Doncaster DN12 3NH.

Hunt thugs that appeared in the shocking video that led to Nevill's conviction — Hunt thugs that appeared in the shocking video that led to Nevill’s conviction

Police mugshot of Adam Oakes. This was taken after he was charged (and later convicted) of driving a quad bike towards a police officer.

Serial wildlife killer Adam Harrison from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK

Only Nevill was charged, however, and in May 2021 he was sentenced after pleading guilty to offences of ‘criminal damage’ and an ‘act of outraging public decency’.

Robert Nevill caught on camera with a Patterdale terrier digging for wildlife — A wildlife persecutor in his own right, Nevill regularly uploads photos of his ‘kills’ to social media

He was ordered to pay a total of £460 in fines, costs and compensation and to carry out 360 hours of unpaid work.

Source: Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs Facebook post of 19 May 2021.

Additional information

Robert Nevill, Lisa Youngman and Morgan Teal run a business named R&L Landscaping. Their business Facebook page is currently deactivated.

Cats, Domestic Violence - Animals Targeted, Violent and Sadistic Pet Abusers, Worst of the Worst

Dewsbury, West Yorkshire: Matthew Falkingham

February 17, 2011 misanthropic 1 Comment

CONVICTED (2011) | Matthew Falkingham, born 18/08/1991, of Moorside Avenue, Dewsbury Moor, Dewsbury WF13 4QH – killed his ex-girlfriend’s kitten in a revenge attack.

In June 2010 Matthew Falkingham killed his ex girlfriend’s two-month-old kitten Daisy by putting her inside a pillow case and slamming it against a wall.

He sent Stacie Baker a text telling her “I’ve killed your cat and wrecked your stuff. I hope I have ruined your life like you have ruined mine.”

Prosecuting, Philip Brown described how the tiny animal suffered terrible injuries in the attack.

He said: ‘The cat died from a blunt trauma, which caused her lungs and liver to rupture.

‘There would have been a few minutes of shock and suffering before she died, as well as the distress of being confined in a pillow case.’

Falkingham pictured outside court in February 2011

Falkingham pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary cruelty to an animal and criminal damage.

Sentencing: four months in prison, suspended for 12 months; 150 hours of unpaid work; 12-month supervision order. Banned from keeping animals for five years (expired 2016).

Daily Mail

UK Animal Cruelty Files