Court Sentences

[Alex]

So many of these cases receive lenient "sentences" or as in this case, a slap on the wrist.  I really thought now longer prison sentences can be given, that things would change....

It's not pleasant reading but basically a woman went on holiday for two weeks and left her bulldog puppy in a cage to die.  She was 'sentenced' to 12 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months and 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days.


https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/woman-went-holiday-left-dog-23890594

[zoony]

There are always details that only the judge is aware of but aren't shared with any third party, which might mitigate or affect the outcome and sentencing in some other way.

[Raven]

Personally I have always thought that they don't seem to think animal abuse matters all that much. If I were the judge their feet wouldn't touch the ground. If possible I would make sure that they got a taste of whatever they did to the animal.

[Alex]

Me too Raven

[Cassandra]

Personally I have always thought that they don't seem to think animal abuse matters all that much. If I were the judge their feet wouldn't touch the ground. If possible I would make sure that they got a taste of whatever they did to the animal.

The Law was reviewed in 2021 viz:

Animal Welfare Act 2006

The maximum penalty for the following offences increased from six months to five years from 29 June 2021:

Causing unnecessary suffering (section 4, Animal Welfare Act 2006);
Carrying out a non-exempted mutilation (section 5, Animal Welfare Act 2006);
Docking the tail of a dog except where permitted (section 6(1) and 6(2), Animal Welfare Act 2006;
Administering a poison to an animal (section 7, Animal Welfare Act 2006); and
Involvement in an animal fight (section 8, Animal Welfare Act 2006).
The offences listed above committed on or after 29 June 2021 will be triable either way (they can be dealt with in magistrates' courts or the Crown Court).

Also fines can also vary from 50% of weekly income, across the five bands of 'degree' to 700%.

I agree, that now punishment has been raised so should sentencing. If this 'woman' were to have been given five years, the whole woke left wing law firm practice structure would have appealed her case to extinction. Too many 'Justices' consider this heathen offence as somehow junior to everything else I do agree - after all their only animals! 

She would have claimed 'diminished responsibility', probably quite rightly as her filthy hovel reflects! Almost certainly a drug abuser too it's quite easy to mitigate her position unfortunately. She'd make sure her Smartphone worked every day though and could gain and pay for holidays with it. Poor, poor creature - what a horrible end!  As I have said elsewhere here, I prosecuted at least 100 cases in my time for the RSPCA, many of which left me in tears after reading the brief and viewing either accompanying photographic evidence or the injuries sustained in such practices as 'dog fights'.

Out here States vary in sentencing, but the ASPCA is very active in rescue before ongoing cruelty is conveyed further upon discovery. Also courts will sentence each level of crime individually, terms to run successively. My State, Michigan has a ten year maximum at present.

[Michael Rolls]

Absolutely appalling - in effect no real punishment for an act of dreadful cruelty
Mike

[Scrumpy]

I hope the 'thing' that left the puppy in a cage to die has a miserable life and ending..