VIDEO: Dog owner jailed after brutal footage captures him BEATING pet dog
A dog owner from Great Barr has been jailed after beating a dog so severely with a pole it suffered a punctured lung.
Joginder Singh, aged 42, of Dyas Avenue, was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison and banned from keeping animals for 10 years after the attack on his Staffordshire bull terrier Samson.
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Singh appeared at Birmingham Magistrates' Court yesterday to be sentenced after previously pleading guilty to two offences of causing unnecessary suffering and one offence of failing to meet his dog's needs.
As well as the immediate prison sentence and the 10-year disqualification order, he was also ordered by the court to pay £300 in costs.
Singh was brought to justice after he was seen by a member of the public attacking Samson with a pole in October last year.
Footage of the attack in which Singh can be seen holding a pole above his head as if ready to strike the dog was later passed onto the RSPCA.
Inspector Mike Scargill, who investigated the incident after the RSPCA was informed, was the first to arrive at Singh's home.
He described Samson as being in a 'bad way' as he 'could not move' and noted at the time that he thought the dog was 'not going to make it'.
He said: "Singh was seen repeatedly hitting the dog with a pole in a completely unprovoked attack.
"When I visited Singh, Samson was in a bad way and he could not move – I had to carry him out to my van. At the vets, it was found that his ribs had punctured his lung.
"The poor dog was in such a lot of pain and he was in a bad way – we didn't think he was going to make it."
Despite this ordeal, Samson is now back on his feet and is being looked after by the RSPCA.
The three-year-old animal is now said to be 'doing fantastically' and is a 'happy and lively dog', apparently unaffected by the violent attack.
Mr Scargill said: "Thankfully he is doing fantastically now. He is in our care, and he has been getting a lot of love and affection.
"Today, he is a happy and lively dog. It is hard to believe that he is the same dog which I had to carry into my van eight months ago."
The RSPCA describes its role in the UK as working 'hard to ensure that all animals can live a life free from pain and suffering'.
