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Warrington, Cheshire: Dean Mannifield

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CONVICTED (2021) | Dean Mannifield (aka Dean Pitts), born c. 1993, originally from Warrington but is of no fixed abode and has links to Colchester, Harlow and Epping in Essex and Rhyl, North Wales – battered a dog during a burglary, causing injuries so severe she had to be put to sleep

Dog killer Dean Mannifield aka Dean Pitts from Warrington, Cheshire
Dog killer: Dean Mannifield’s long criminal record includes a horrific act of violence towards a helpless animal

In July 2017 violent career criminal Mannifield was charged with causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. The charges related to a dog that had been beaten so severely she had to be euthanised by a vet.

Dog killer Dean Mannifield aka Dean Pitts from Warrington, Cheshire

Mannifield was also charged with assaulting a couple, threatening three people at the scene and also threatening to cause criminal damage. It is believed that he was convicted on some if not all of the charges including the animal cruelty charge, but there are no newspaper reports to confirm this.

Dog killer Dean Mannifield aka Dean Pitts from Warrington, Cheshire

As of February 2021 and aged just 27 Mannifield had racked up 18 previous convictions for 47 offences with his other crimes including harassment, breach of a restraining order and affray against an ex-partner.

In February 2021, he was back before the courts again after subjecting a young mum to months of sickening domestic violence.

He also admitted breaking into a gun shop in Colchester during which he stole seven hunting shotguns.

Dog killer Dean Mannifield aka Dean Pitts from Warrington, Cheshire

He was jailed for five years and ten months and given an indefinite restraining order preventing him from contacting his victim. He will serve half of his sentence in custody before being released on licence.

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Royston, Hertfordshire: Billy and Ricky Crotty and associates.

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PROSECUTED | William Crotty, born November 1981, and Ricky Crotty, born March 1990, both of Royston – charged with killing a badger alongside Scott Brown of Boldon Colliery, Tyne and Wear, Kevin Barry Cowell and Gabrielle Freeney, both of Enfield, London and David Fox of Ongar, Essex.

L-R Billy Crotty, Ricky Crotty, Scott Brown (top) and Kevin Cowell

The men denied three charges each in total – interfering with badger setts, digging for badgers and wilfully killing a badger – and were cleared by a jury.

They were charged after they were caught with spades and a lurcher-type dog in a field near Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire on November 6, 2011.

“Innocent” Scott Brown from Boldon Colliery. Image: Facebook

The court had viewed a video filmed from the police helicopter, showing five men with spades and a lurcher-type dog standing around a hole in a field which Pc Timothy Gawler said “had the appearance of a grave shape”.

Pc Gawler, who spotted the group from the helicopter at 1.55pm, said the men then started to fill the hole in.

Three of the men left the scene in a red truck with a sixth man, the driver, while another two left the scene on foot, and all were later arrested.

Despite the evidence, the men were found not guilty.

Speaking after the verdict, boxing promoter Billy and tree surgeon Ricky, who are members of the travelling fraternity, complained that their businesses and families’ lives had been affected by the case.

“We’ve even had the animal rights people on our backs”, he said bitterly.

Billy denied that the group were badger baiting “as we are aware that it is illegal”. Instead, he said that they were pursuing foxes and had been given permission by a local farmer to be on the land.

He added that he and his brother “do voluntary pest control for a number of farmers”.

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In June 2018 Ricky Crotty was jailed for 11 years after being caught trafficking Class A drugs.