A thief who previously abandoned her two dogs in a squalid house filled with urine and faeces was back in trouble after attacking supermarket staff.
As previously reported on Chroniclelive, Lindsay Tweddle was given a suspended sentence in 2018 after animal welfare officers discovered the shih tzus in her filthy property, in Blyth. A court heard on that occasion that the premises hadn't been lived in by humans for weeks and was covered with urine, faeces, rubbish and clutter.
The pets' only source of a drink was a bucket containing “foul, brown water”, while their only food was “stale” cat biscuits, prosecutors said at the time. Both dogs, called Mishka an Lexi, were seized and were found to have severely matted fur, to be underweight and dehydrated and to be infested with fleas.
