Horrific images released by the RSPCA have revealed the conditions a man left his helpless dogs in for weeks.
Paul Wynne, 42, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court earlier this week after he pleaded guilty to three charges regarding the treatment of animals in his care. Merseyside Police originally attended an address on Rockford Avenue, Kirkby, due to concerns for Wynne.
Neighbours had complained about a bad smell of decay coming from the flat and "maggots coming through the ceiling of the flat below". But this was nothing to the horrors inside the flat, where officers found the skeletal remains of three dogs in an advanced state of decomposition.