Jailed: Oldbury man kicked and stamped on pet dog in lift
A Sandwell man has been jailed and disqualified from keeping animals for life – after CCTV footage caught him beating his dog in a lift.
Shahzeeb Shazad Khan, from Hartlebury Road, Oldbury, appeared at Birmingham Magistrates Court on where he pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to eight-month-old Presa Canario called Rico.
The court heard that the RSPCA were contacted by West Midlands Police on December 10, 2019, after CCTV cameras in a lift of an apartment building captured video footage of a man kicking a dog that morning.
RSPCA inspector Claire Davey, who led the investigation, said: "In the footage, a large brindle-coloured dog enters the lift followed closely behind by Mr Khan.
"The dog looks nervous and cowers in the corner of the lift before he launches a violent attack on him, kicking and stamping on his head twice.
