Overview
- Jamila Michaela Diane Fletcher-Oates, 42, pleaded guilty at Newport Magistrates’ Court to causing unnecessary suffering to three dogs.
- She received a 20-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months, was ordered to pay £700 in costs plus a £154 victim surcharge, and was banned from keeping animals for life.
- RSPCA Cymru inspector Simon Evans discovered the dogs’ remains at her Bettws, Newport property in July, with one wrapped in bags and two inside a small travel cage.
- Veterinary examination found all three carcasses were mummified, concluding Destiny and Diamond died from dehydration and Precious from organ failure soon afterward.
- Fletcher-Oates told investigators she left the dogs without food or water for six days following her wife's death in February 2024, and the RSPCA urged owners who are struggling to seek help.