A couple who sealed their dog's body in a suitcase and dumped it on the banks of the Mersey had subjected the animal to months of abuse before it died.
Liverpool Magistrates Court heard there was evidence that Chantelle Duvall-Gregory, 20, and Christy Carl-Hewitt, 21, had punched, kicked and stamped on two year old Belgian Shepherd Snoop, who was found dead inside a bright pink locked suitcase by a dog walker near the Speke and Garston Nature Reserve on January 11 last year.
Pete Mitchell, prosecuting, said Snoop had “extensive bruising and fractures to the ribs”, two fractured canines, and it was clear the injuries sustained were “non-accidental”. The rib fractures were determined to be 6/8 weeks old as they had begun to heal.
