A professional dog walker has been jailed after a court heard she killed two of her clients' dogs by leaving them in her car on one of the hottest days of the year. Christine Carpenter left two spaniels she was paid to walk in the boot of her car, days after the Met Office had issued its first ever extreme heat weather warning last summer.
The animals - a King Charles Cavalier named Poppy and a cross called Pixie - were dead 'within minutes', as temperatures reached 29 degrees centigrade outside, a court heard. On later examination by a vet, their internal temperatures were found to be the maximum the thermometer could reach.
Owners company director Roy Narbey and wife Kate were left 'devastated' by their deaths after leaving them in the care of someone they considered a friend. Mrs Carpenter was then investigated and prosecuted by the RSPCA.
