Horrific footage has shown the moment a dog owner attacked her own French bulldogs with a garden spade.
In the video Elizabeth Perrin, 52, is wielding the heavy metal shovel in her back garden surrounded by Frenchies at her home in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester in late 2020.
She then brought the spade above her head before swinging it down with great force as she beat a number of the tiny dogs as they can be heard yelping in pain.
Washing hung to dry on the gate blocked the view in parts which made it unclear as to exactly how many dogs were hit.
However, Perrin can clearly be seen striking three of the Frenchies which were cowering in a corner.
Two were smacked on their heads and another was hit with such force that it was knocked off its feet onto its back and struggled to get back up.
Sickeningly, Perrin then turns around to glare at the rest of the terrified dogs and shouts: ‘Next one!’
It was the third video RSPCA Inspector Ryan King had seen of animal abuse at the property which he previously visited in November 2021 to investigate reports that a number of dogs were fighting on the premises.
Perrin brought the spade above her head before swinging it down with great force as she beat a number of the tiny dogs as they could be heard yelping in pain
Perrin can be clearly seen in the video striking three of the Frenchies which were cowering in a corner
The twisted dog owner can then be seen turning around to glare at the rest of the terrified dogs and shouting: ‘Next one!’
At the time, Perrin and her now ex boyfriend Trevor Hague, 52, told him they had 20 dogs in total and showed them around an open plan area where some were kept, Tameside Magistrates’ Court heard.
Inspector King said one young Frenchie, named Wizza, was lying on a sofa and ‘seemed flat – not jumping around like the other dogs’.
‘There was a bad smell coming from him, on closer inspection I noticed a number of puncture wounds on his front legs, there was some blood around his ears and further puncture wounds around his groin,’ he added.
He supervised a visit to the vets with the then couple and their pup, but sadly it was too late and he had to be put down due to his severe injuries.
Two days later Inspector King collected Wizza’s body from a pet crematorium and handed it over to the police as evidence.
A month later, he saw two videos which were taken in the back garden of Perrin’s home which he recognised from his previous visits.
Hague could be seen kicking a dog in the torso in the first clip and the other showed Perrin repeatedly hitting one of the innocent pooches with the brush end of a broom.
In his court statement, Inspector King said: ‘I could identify both Perrin and Hague in the videos as I had met them on multiple occasions. I called Perrin and informed her I needed to visit and speak to her, so I arranged to go round the next day.’
Elizabeth Perrin (pictured), 52, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to three dogs by inflicting blunt force trauma and physical violence, and failing to ensure their needs were met by housing them away from other animals
Both defendants claimed they ‘only hit or kick the dogs to split them up when fighting’ – despite the fact the video did not show them fighting (Pictured: Elizabeth Perrin)
An expert veterinary witness report said two dogs had been struck with the spade in the video and would have been ’caused to suffer’ from blunt force trauma (Pictured: Elizabeth Perrin)
Both defendants claimed they ‘only hit or kick the dogs to split them up when fighting’ – despite the fact the video did not show them fighting.
The vile pair agreed to sign the two pets over into RSPCA care.
However, it was just a month later when Inspector King was sent the video of Perrin beating her Frenchies with the spade.
An expert veterinary witness report said two dogs had been struck with the spade in the video and would have been ’caused to suffer’ from blunt force trauma.
He added that the welfare needs of a number of other dogs kept by Perrin had not been met because they were not sufficiently separated from each other.
In mitigation, it was said of Perrin that the offences took place some time ago, she had pleaded guilty to two offences and was the sole carer for two children with special needs.
Hague was said to have expressed remorse and had pleaded guilty to one offence which took place some time ago. He was also banned from keeping dogs for six months.
The expert veterinary witness added that the welfare needs of a number of other dogs kept by Perrin had not been met because they were not sufficiently separated from each other (Pictured: Elizabeth Perrin)
Trevor Hague (pictured), 52, was banned from keeping dogs for six months, fined £604 and ordered to pay £700 costs after he was caught kicking one of the Frenchies in video footage
After the case, Inspector King, whose RSPCA inquiry bought the pair to justice, said: ‘Having to see that video of someone deliberately inflicting pain on an animal with a weapon was awful.
‘There is no excuse for this behaviour towards an animal. It really does defy belief that someone could behave in this way.Animals deserve to be shown kindness and respect.’
Perrin was handed a 12-month community order and a 16-week night-time curfew and ordered to pay £700 costs by magistrates on May 14.
She admitted causing unnecessary suffering to three dogs by inflicting blunt force trauma and physical violence, and failing to ensure their needs were met by housing them away from other animals.
The judge decided against banning her from keeping animals because her two children have special needs which benefit from having support dogs.
Hague was banned from keeping dogs for six months, fined £604 and ordered to pay £700 costs.
