Cruel farmer who was filmed dragging his white husky Daisy along the road while tied to the back of his car before dumping her body as she died of her injuries AVOIDS jail

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• Kim Norman Rendall, 65, drove around 200 metres with his dog tied to his car 
• He was sentenced today to eight months in prison, suspended for two years

A farmer who was filmed dragging his white husky along the road while it was tied to the back of his car before she died has avoided jail.

Kim Norman Rendall, 65, was filmed callously dragging his pet pooch Daisy by a rope for around 200 metres, along Timsbury Road in High Littleton, near Bath.

Bristol Crown Court heard numerous motorists witnessed the horror and tried to stop Rendall by beeping and flashing their lights at his red Nissan Micra. But he refused to get help for Daisy and later left her to die in a cow barn. 

Daisy was eventually found by police but was left severely injured in the incident on the afternoon of April 17 this year and had to be put to sleep nine days later.

Rendall was sentenced today to eight months in prison, suspended for two years, 300 hours of unpaid work alongside a 20 year disqualification from having or keeping animals with the exception of cattle, and fish. 

A farmer was caught dragging his white husky down the road before she later died due to her injuries

Kim Norman Rendall (pictured outside court), 65, drove for approximately 200 metres, along Timsbury Road in High Littleton, near Bath with his dog Daisy tied to the back of his car

Daisy (pictured) was eventually found by police but was left severely injured in the incident and had to be put to sleep nine days later after failing to recover

As he arrived at court Rendall, who was also ordered to pay £5k costs, was greeted by supporters of Daisy waving banners demanding ‘justice’ for her.

In his sentencing remarks, Judge Michael Longman said the defendant had shown a ‘high degree of recklessness’ in his actions.

He said the excuse of social awkwardness ‘does not begin to explain or mitigate your behavour’.

The judge told Rendall that even if he had not realised the extent of Daisy’s injuries by the time he drove off he had still showed an ‘arrogant distain’ towards her.

He described obstructing the police who were trying to get medical help for the dog as ‘truly dreadful’ and added: ‘I don’t believe that you were devastated. You showed a deliberate disregard for Daisy’s welfare in failing to seek treatment.’

Rendall had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to two counts of causing the unnecessary suffering of an animal contrary to the Animal Welfare Act.

A video, released by the RSPCA showed Daisy being dragged along the road in High Littleton, near Bath.

Distressed locals stopped and confronted him while Daisy bled onto the road and attempted to stand up.

Prosecutors said he drove for around 55 seconds – covering a distance of appoximately 200 metres.

Rendall (pictured) was sentenced today to eight months in prison, suspended for two years 

One police officer who later found Daisy described her injuries (pictured) as ‘the worst thing I have ever seen’ and it made her ‘feel physically sick’

After stopping he took a bin from his vehicle, placed Daisy in his boot and drove away.

Police attended the Micra’s registered address, his mother’s home within an hour and Rendall was found there indulging in a cup of tea and having a haircut.

He refused to tell officers where Daisy was and said he would get his own veterinary care for her. Given the urgency of the situation, he was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty.

In response, the court heard he said: ‘I don’t like this at all, I don’t like this at f**king all’. He was described as rude and aggressive towards custody officers when they booked him in and his trainers were covered in blood.

In the meantime, 18 police officers and a drone unit were deployed in a bid to locate Daisy and get her the life-saving treatment they believed she needed.

Following a two and a half hour hunt in the Somerset countryside, she was eventually located in a cow barn in Gossard Lane, High Littleton.

She was rushed to Rosemary Lodge Veterinary Hospital in Bath in a police vehicle travelling on blue lights and sirens.

Vets said she sustained complicated and traumatic injuries – including both hind legs suffering full-thickness skin loss and an open fracture of a foot.

Despite the best efforts of vets to treat Daisy, her pain could not be controlled and she was put to sleep nine days later.

Daisy sustained complicated and traumatic injuries (pictured) – including both hind legs suffering full-thickness skin loss and an open fracture of a foot

The poor pooch had been haemorrhaging blood onto the road and was barely able to stand up following the incident

An earlier hearing heard how one witness ‘fell to the floor and went into shock’ following the incident and was prescribed Diazepam by her GP due to being unable to sleep.

PC Natalie Cosgrove also described Daisy’s injuries as ‘the worst thing I have ever seen’ and it made her ‘feel physically sick’.

‘I felt shocked, I couldn’t sleep and I cried. I hugged my own dog crying in sympathy for Daisy’, she told the court previously in a victim person statement.

She added that the dog’s suffering was ‘something that cannot be described’ and said she was ‘traumatised’ when Rendall smirked in his police interview.

‘I just felt incredibly sorry for her, that a human let her down so badly.

‘This is one of those jobs that will haunt me forever.’

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