DOG KILLER ADAM BLACKWELL JAILED AFTER BRUTAL ABUSE AND FATAL INJURIES
Blackwell subjected the puppy, Milo, to relentless physical abuse, causing him to suffer a litany of horrific injuries including multiple broken ribs, fractured limbs, and cigarette burns on his face.He also shut the dog in a cage without food or water.
When he finally took Milo to a vet, he lied that the puppy had fallen from a mattress, a market stall, and a table.
RSPCA prosecutor Philip Brown told the court that Blackwell bought Milo in June 2023 and was living in Mansfield.
A neighbour raised the alarm when she heard him shouting at the dog, leading to the RSPCA's involvement.
An inspector saw Milo cowered around Blackwell, but his attitude changed around the inspector.
Milo was lame with lesions on his face, later found to be cigarette burns.
The prognosis was hopeless, and Milo was euthanised.
Blackwell pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to the animal, as well as possession of a knuckle duster and cannabis.
His previous convictions include Class A drug dealing.
His lawyer described him as "a man with his issues and difficulties" who "was unable to deal with his anger and the issues he had with substances and people and he took that out on Milo." Jailing Blackwell for two and a half years, Judge Stuart Rafferty KC said, "You deliberately and sadistically kicked and punched him.
You broke its bones and it could hardly walk.
You forced it into a cage with no bedding, no water, and no food.
Every day that dog was alive in its short life it would have been in agony.
Animals, just like children, expect and demand to be cared for properly.
They don’t choose their owners, they don’t have a say in that.
There cannot have been a single happy day in that dog’s life." As well as the jail term, he was disqualified from keeping an animal indefinitely.
An RSPCA spokesperson said, "Milo was a loving puppy whose short life was dominated by awful suffering inflicted by the very person who was supposed to care for and protect him.
We are thankful to the person who provided us with the video evidence as we rely on the public to be our eyes and ears so we can help animals like Milo who do not have a voice."
