A dog died after being left for days at a time without food or water in a flat covered in faeces, a court heard.
RSPCA officers were made aware of possible animal abuse after finding the body of a bulldog named Coco belonging to Leanne Brookshaw and her husband Jonathan Brookshaw at an empty flat on May 13 last year.
At Liverpool Magistrates Court today, Tuesday, Peter Mitchell, prosecuting, detailed that police attended a flat at Dorset Gardens, Birkenhead, and upon arrival noticed a strong smell and lots of flies. An officer entered, and was aware the property was registered to Leanne Griffiths, 32-year-old Brookshaw’s maiden name, but saw nobody was home.
