Jan 23 2009
A “dog lover” has pled guilty to throwing a puppy across a room
A “dog lover” has pled guilty to throwing a puppy across a room in Edinburgh and breaking its leg after it chewed his furniture. “This cold blooded man should have a jury of dogs not men. It hurts me so to know we are suppose to be human beings and yet sometimes we act like the animals. I ran across this story and it intrests me and I wanted to share it with all of you. Please be Kind to your Pets.”
Lawrence Boyle picked up the five-month-old Border Collie and flung it at a cupboard where it hit the door.
Boyle, 46, admitted causing the animal unnecessary suffering last August at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday.
Sentence has been deferred for six months for Boyle to be of good behaviour.
The court was told the “one-off incident” had cost unemployed Boyle more than £2,000 in vets and kennelling bills.
He lashed out at his pet, named Jed, at a flat in West Montgomery Place in Edinburgh last August.
I would urge the court to take the view that this was a one-off incident brought on by external pressures
Murray Robertson
Lawrence Boyle’s solicitor
A friend called the SSPCA after Boyle, who also owns a three-year-old dog, confessed what he had done the following day.
Fiscal depute Tessa Bradley, prosecuting, said the dog hit the door of the cabinet.
The dog is being looked after by the SSPCA until Boyle of Edinburgh, pays a £1,182 kennelling bill.
Boyle’s solicitor, Murray Robertson, said his client was “very upset and stressed” at what he had done and had “put himself through the mill because of it”.
He said Boyle was signed off work on income support due to mental health problems and family issues but said the SSPCA are happy for the dog to be returned to him when he pays his bill.
“He’s been a dog lover for over 25 years,” said Mr Robertson.
“I would urge the court to take the view that this was a one-off incident brought on by external pressures.”
Sheriff Raymond McMenamin said: “I do think you have had certain circumstances which mitigate what you did. It is still serious though.” Source: K9 News
