Bobby, a three-year-old tan mastiff cross, was punched and kicked by his owner
Adam Wardle was caught on CCTV punching and kicking the three-year-old tan mastiff cross, called Bobby, before continuing his cowardly attack by using a mop handle on the canine.When Inspector Reid visited his home, accompanied a police officer, he admitted the attack. When asked why he had done it, Wardle replied: “He toileted inside and I got angry. Then he did it again and I got doubly angry and that’s what you’ve seen.
Bobby was collected later from the property of a friend of the defendant, where Wardle claimed he’d taken the dog “for his own safety”. The inspector took him to a vets where he was checked out and treated with painkillers. A veterinary surgeon said he found several bruises to the dog’s face, elbows and hocks, as well as a small cut on his left eye.
In mitigation, the court was told the defendant had not received his medication and, finding himself “in a dark place”, took it out on the dog. Wardle was “thoroughly ashamed” of his actions and had swiftly signed the dog over into the care of the RSPCA, the court heard. The magistrates told Wardle his prolonged attack on the animal was a “horrendous” offence and as well as the ban, they placed him under a community order for 12 months with a requirement that he completes 20 rehabilitation activity days and 240 hours of unpaid work. The defendant, who no longer lives at the address where the attack took place, was also told to pay costs of £400 and a victim surcharge of £95.
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