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Man jailed following dog's death

Aedomir · 2008-04-10T17:52:46Z

I saw this on the news yesterday and I nearly threw up. You can find the details here . In a sense however, a man was jailed for killing a dog. But it gets worse. He put it in the washing machine, just because it fouled on the floor. A pet owner from the West Midlands who killed his dog by putting it in a washing machine has been jailed for four months. Andrew Glazzard, 41, of Dudley, put the Staffordshire Terrier/Labrador cross breed, Maisie, in the machine after it fouled the floor of his home. Halesowen Magistrates' Court heard he was drunk at the time and put the dead dog in a bag then threw it in a river. Glazzard, of Falcon Way, admitted causing unnecessary suffering. He told police he put the animal in the machine for a few seconds to teach her a lesson. 'Heinous crime' When she came out she was wagging her tail, so he said he put her back in, switched the machine on and fell asleep. When he awoke the dog was dead. He put the body in a bag and dumped in the River Stour. Police photographs taken in Glazzard's kitchen, in Lye in Stourbridge, show bite marks made by Maisie in the drum of the machine. Magistrates told him that he had committed a "heinous and horrendous crime". Glazzard's solicitor, Amanda Hahn, said he realised he needed help for alcoholism. Personally, I think four months isn't long enough. They should stick him the machine and see how he likes it.

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Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:38 pm

Gahks says... · Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:38 pm

This is just sad and inhumane.

Makes me wonder how low humanity can really go...

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