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11.03.2022 / 02:53
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Primary school assistant made child 'bash, bash, bash' animals in sick footage
animal cruelty at its worst" has been spared jail.Paris Jade Carding, from Wythenshawe in Manchester, together with her then-boyfriend Grant Leigh Jnr, shared horrific pictures and videos were later shared on a private Facebook group - “The Real Terrier Men and Lurcher Men”.The clips and images showed dogs kept by the couple – and Leigh's father, Grant Leigh Snr, 52 – savagely attacking badgers and foxes.Grant Snr, who was serving a suspended sentence at the time of the offences, operated as an administrator of the group where he boasted about taking his 30-year-old son badger-baiting as a way of celebrating his recent prison release, Tameside Magistrates' Court heard.A joint investigation by RSPCA and Cheshire Police executed raids on October 26, and found six dogs in squalid conditions at Leigh Snr's house on Marler Road in Hyde, and one at Carding's who all had injuries consistent with hunting activities."Leigh Jnr's phone was seized and messages and videos relating to the incidents were found leading to prosecution," prosecutor Hazel Stevens said.All of the dogs - four terriers and three lurcher types - were taken into RSPCA care.The court was shown disturbing footage taken from the phone which showed three dogs attacking a fox while a child is heard saying: "I want to bash it again.”A photo then showed Leigh Jnr holding a horribly injured fox in a "trophy photo".Another video was then shown where Leigh Jnr is helping the youngster "bash" a badger with a shovel.In another video, taken by Carding according to the prosecution, she can be heard saying "they love it, bash! Bash!".Carding, 28, initially denied being present.Ms Stevens said: "You can clearly hear her [Carding] on the film and the enjoyment and
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