Overview
- Nottingham Crown Court heard Adam Blackwell repeatedly kicked the XL Bully, confined him without food or water, and failed to seek timely veterinary care.
- Vets recorded multiple broken ribs and legs and facial lesions consistent with cigarette burns, leading to the decision to euthanise Milo.
- A neighbour reported shouting and the puppy screaming, triggering the RSPCA’s intervention and examination by an inspector and vet.
- Blackwell pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering and separately admitted possessing a knuckle duster and cannabis, with the court noting prior convictions and a breached suspended sentence.
- Judge Stuart Rafferty KC jailed Blackwell and imposed an indefinite disqualification from keeping animals, calling the abuse deliberate and sadistic.