Jail For Man Who Sliced Off Puppy's Ear

[My Dog Rosie]

He pleaded not guilty??!! I hope he serves his full sentence and loses his appeal...he's an appalling excuse for a human being...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13...end-jailed.html

A thug who tried to slice a puppy's ear off following a row with his girlfriend has been jailed.

Shamrez Ali Wasim, 27, used a knife or scissors to attack the three-week-old Staffordshire bull-terrier cross in Newsome, Huddersfield.

The animal was left screaming in agony as its right ear hung by a thread.

Wasim was jailed for 20 weeks after he was found guilty by Huddersfield magistrates yesterday after a trial.

He had pleaded not guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

Sentencing him, chairman of the bench John Scott branded Wasim's actions despicable.

'This was a very serious offence and could easily have resulted in the death of the dog,' Scott said.

'You caused it extreme pain and suffering. It was a deliberate act and we find it despicable. No right-thinking person would have done this.'

The court heard police were called by Wasim's partner, Charlene Marshall, to her home in Newsome on the evening of June 24 last year.

Pc Susan Knowles told the magistrates Miss Marshall, who has a five-year-old child with Wasim, was visibly upset when she arrived, saying Wasim had injured the puppy.

Pc Knowles said: She was very distressed, crying and visibly shaking.

'She was obviously very upset and didn't want to go back in the house because the sight of the puppy was far too upsetting for her.

'I could hear the sound of the dog screaming and yelping inside.'

Officers went in and found a dog basket covered in blood, with the puppy lying inside it.

Pc Knowles added: 'It looked to me as though its ear had been cut off entirely.

At a previous hearing, the court had heard Wasim had given his Staffordshire bitch and her eight puppies to Miss Marshall to look after.

Two days later, the couple argued over his alleged drinking and Wasim threatened to cut off a puppy's ear.

Miss Marshall was out when Wasim attacked the dog.

The vet's bill for treating the injured animal came to more than £400. It has now been given to new owners, along with the other eight dogs.

Miss Marshall had been due to give evidence as a witness in Wasim's trial, but failed to turn up at an initial hearing.

She was brought into court under a warrant at a later date, but claimed she did not remember the incident and could have been drunk at the time.

Wasim, whose family owns two dogs, did not answer police questions in interview and offered no explanation for what had happened in court.

His solicitor, Marnat Ali, told magistrates there was not enough evidence to convict him. But the bench took less than half-an-hour to deliver their verdict and found Wasim guilty.

As well as the prison sentence, they banned him from keeping a dog for five years.

There was no separate penalty for a separate offence of being drunk and disorderly.

Wasim is due to lodge an appeal against his conviction and sentence at Bradford Crown Court.

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[Little Gifts]

I can just hear that poor puppy screaming not knowing what it had done. I hope he heard it too and it haunts his dreams.

[Keira&Phoenix]

I too can imagine the screaming of the poor puppy. My girl hurt her leg by bashing it on the side of the bed the other day and she cried and cried and cried and it was horrible I can only imagine what that poor puppies screams must have been like after having something so horrific done to it. Hope it is now living a peaceful and happy life with its new family.

Despicable human being, I hope he serves his full sentence.

[greytdog]

And his gf is just as bad.

[poochmad]

Hopefully as the pup was so young when it happened, it will forget the cruelty that was laid upon it.

I'm all for an eye for an eye when people like this *@#$%! harm a defenceless animal. Let's see how he likes it.

[mackiemad]

And his gf is just as bad.

i only just saw this thread... and it is nausea inducing. that poor puppy

greytdog- it struck me that perhaps the gf was scared of the man and that's why she did not comment/testify. anyone who pleads not guilty and doesn't offer anything at all, even anger, under police questioning sounds pretty confident/cocky. add that to drunkeness - we already know he's violent given his actions towards the dog, he may be violent to the gf and children as well, you never know...