What an evil mother fucker
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30th October 2023
Thanks to UK Animal Cruelty Files for the article
CONVICTED (2023) | farmer Kim Rendall, born c. 1958, of 23 Southover Road, High Littleton, Bristol BS39 6HR – dragged a dog behind a car and failed to seek treatment for the animal’s horrific injuries.
Rendall admitted causing unnecessary suffering to the dog – a white husky named Daisy – after she was dragged along a road by a rope attached to his car.
Dashcam footage showed the dog in a state of “complete distress” as she was dragged “bouncing” along the road while “scrabbling to try and stay up”
When police went to check on the dog’s welfare, they found Rendall having a cup of tea and getting his hair cut by his sister. He “sadistically” refused to tell officers where the dog was.
A search involving 18 officers and a drone eventually tracked Daisy down in a cow barn. She had suffered severe injuries, including “degloving” where the skin had been ripped to the bone, and later died.
Rendall admitted failing to protect the dog from pain, injury and suffering and failing to arrange urgently-required veterinary attention.
The prosecution was brought by the RSPCA.
The court was told that Daisy had belonged to Rendall’s son.
On 17 April, 2023, witnesses saw Rendall driving through High Littleton.
Daisy was tied to a rope and was being dragged along the road behind the car.
Despite several vehicles flashing and beeping at him, it was only after a pedestrian flagged Rendall down that he stopped.
Daisy was filmed being dragged behind the car for 55 seconds, the court heard.
Dashcam footage of the incident, shown in court, depicted this moment before Rendall then put Daisy into the car and drove off.
When police went to his home, they found Rendall having a haircut in the kitchen and drinking a cup of tea.
The court was told Rendall refused to tell officers where the dog was.
One officer was heard on bodycam asking him “where is that dog?” numerous times but Rendall did not answer directly, saying “I don’t like this at all”.
The court was told he continued to refuse to tell officers where Daisy was when being questioned at the police station.
Despite being given veterinary treatment, Daisy had to be put down six days after the incident because it was not possible to adequately control her pain.
The court was shown videos of the incident and photographs of Daisy’s injuries.
Some in the court, including witnesses from the day, could not watch the screens when these were shown because they were so graphic.
In a victim impact statement read to the court, one witness said she had “never seen an animal with such serious injuries” and had suffered from nightmares since.
Another said they had been signed off work to help them sleep and still were “getting flashbacks to that day months later”.
PC Natalie Cosgrove, then animal welfare officer for Avon and Somerset Police, was at the vets when Daisy was brought in and interviewed Rendall the following day.
Officer Cosgrove read her own statement in court, where she said in 15 years of policing it was “the worst thing I have ever seen” and it will haunt her forever.
She said: “I was shocked at what I saw. I was horrified and physically sick that a nine-year-old dog was subjected to this cruelty.”
She said: “When I first saw the injuries I welled up in tears.
“Rendall showed no remorse for his actions.
“He was almost smirking in interview.”
Rendall was described as a “good natured, hardworking man” who looked after his cattle well and helped elderly in the community and cut the church grass.
He claimed the dog was tied up in the boot of the car but must have jumped or fallen out and he did not see or hear the car behind flashing and beeping at him to stop.
His representative in court described the incident as “poor judgement on that day” and said “he has learning difficulties and hearing problems”.
They said the incident had “devastated” Rendall’s family.
Rendall appeared to break down into tears when the character references were being read.
Magistrates said Rendall had shown a “deliberate disregard for the welfare of Daisy” and that “a haircut and a cup of tea were a higher priority” for him.
He is due to be sentenced on 21 November at Bristol Crown Court after magistrates decided their maximum sentencing powers were not sufficient.
Something is very, very wrong with a society which condones cruelty to animals.
Please let this craven psychopath live nothing but a life of misery and heartache. He should really also be dragged behind a car…an eye for an eye.