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Cleo the cat: Walsall man jailed for fatal dog attack Cleo the cat: Walsall man jailed for fatal dog attack
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A man who set his dog on a cat and encouraged it to maul the pet to death has been jailed for 18 weeks. A man caught on CCTV encouraging his dog to maul a neighbour's cat to death has been jailed for 18 weeks.
Amos Price was caught on CCTV pulling his dog towards eight-year-old Cleo in her owner's garden in Pelsall, Walsall, on 23 October. Footage of Amos Price setting his dog on eight-year-old Cleo on 23 October was shared widely online after it was released in a bid to identify him.
Price, 30, also from Pelsall, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. Price, 30, from Trevor Road, Pelsall, West Midlands, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.
He was banned from keeping animals for life when he appeared at Walsall Magistrates' Court. He was also banned from keeping animals for life when he appeared at Walsall Magistrates' Court.
The attack was discovered when Cleo's owner, Gary Truefitt, checked his CCTV footage after he became suspicious that his pet had not come back inside. The crime was discovered when Cleo's owner, Gary Truefitt, checked his home's CCTV footage after he became suspicious that his pet had not come back inside.
It showed Price opening a garden gate and releasing his dog, which savaged the cat outside her home in Woodlands Crescent. It showed Price opening the garden gate and releasing his dog, which savaged Cleo outside her home in Woodlands Crescent.
Mr Truefitt previously said he was "very upset" and described Cleo as "a daft cat in lots of ways" but a companion who "will be very much missed". In a statement, Mr Truefitt said: "I feel as if there is a big part of my life missing.
"I don't want to go home because I know Cleo is not there."
He previously described Cleo as "a daft cat in lots of ways" but a companion who "will be very much missed".
West Midlands Police said it was a "horrifying act of cruelty on an innocent animal".West Midlands Police said it was a "horrifying act of cruelty on an innocent animal".
Price, an unemployed father of two with recent convictions for criminal damage and assault, claimed he was drunk at the time.
His defence said he was "extremely ashamed and sorry" and that his family had received death threats after the footage was shared on social media.
Magistrates said Price's guilty plea meant the maximum sentence they could impose was 18 weeks, but added: "We would if we were actually permitted to do so have imposed a far greater custodial sentence."
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