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Please retweet, CONVICTED | Stephanie Murphy, 35, from West #Derby, #Liverpool #L12 #UK – left her family dog to starve to death in a filthy, abandoned house, turning a blind eye to the dying dog's suffering on return visits - AVOIDS JAIL‼️‼️ The female boxer-type dog, Cassie (pictured), was found dead at the abandoned home of mother-of-two Stephanie Murphy on September 20 2023. Prosecutor Tara Thomas told the court: “At approximately 2pm, a call was made to police by staff from the defendant’s children’s school, raising concerns for their safety as they hadn’t attended school for two days. “Police attended and found the deceased dog in the hallway. No persons were located inside. The deceased dog was located; he was extremely thin and was not breathing.” She said a post-mortem revealed the dog had been starved to death. An attending police officer said the house was “in bad upkeep” and no food had been left out for the dog, and his dog bowl was empty. In a police interview, Murphy stated that she did not intend to cause harm to the dog. When asked if she knew the dog would die when she abandoned him, she said: “Yes, but it wasn’t intentional. It wasn’t on purpose”. Ms Thomas said the boxer had endured “prolonged suffering which had resulted in death”, and that the offence was aggravated by the fact that Murphy had returned to the house “and despite seeing the (dog’s) condition, the dog was still left and was not fed”. Georgia Maudsley, defending, told the court her client had “suffered a mental breakdown [and] bereavements in her family, her relationship broke down. She felt fearful to be in her own home and fled to her mother’s address, and her mother did not want the dog in her home. “Her poor mental health at the time has clearly impacted her thinking skills. She states she was simply existing at the time and not thinking due to her poor mental health. The home was very unkempt and unclean and it shows how her mental state was at the time.” Murphy pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. Judge Paul Healey said: “It must have taken days, weeks, for the dog to become emaciated and eventually die. The dog died as a result of the neglect caused by you. It went on for a period of weeks where you could have taken action to alleviate the suffering of the dog, but you chose not to. “Sadly you have lost family members, your relationship had come to an end, and the events of your personal life led to you losing the ability to live life as you normally would do and provide for the dog’s needs. “I accept at the time you were suffering from your mental health, but I struggle to understand why that prevented you from simply picking up a phone to get some help. You had every opportunity to speak to the RSPCA or somebody to say you were struggling to look after the dog, but you didn’t do so.” Sentencing | 12 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months; 80 hours of unpaid work. Banned from owning animals for just six years‼️ ukanimalcrueltyfiles.org/wes… liverpoolecho.co.uk/.../caus…... #dogs #dog #animals #animalcruelty #StephanieMurphy #England @RSPCA_official @APDAWG1 @DefraGovUK @SteveReedMP @DannyVet @UKLabour @domdyer70 @Conservatives