A cruel pet owner has avoided a ban from keeping animals despite repeatedly kicking her dogs and pushing their heads into the ground.
Drunk Lyndsay Netherton was spotted by a passer-by attacking the two Stafforshire Bull Terriers, named Sasha and Alfie, in the middle of Blyth Market Place, in Northumberland.
The witness was so concerned, she called the police and officers soon attended the scene, a court was told.
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An officer’s body-worn camera footage then appears to show aggressive Netherton in such a state that she can barely talk or stand as she rants and swears.
The 40-year-old, of Merton Square, in Blyth, was arrested and went on to plead guilty to being drunk and disorderly but deny two counts off animal cruelty.
However, the was convicted after trial and was in the dock at South East Northumberland Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to discover her fate.
Prosecutor, Niamh Reading, said the witness was in Blyth Market Place at around 4.15pm on July 2 last year when she spotted Netherton and the two…
