A man has been jailed after he stabbed his neighbour's dog because he didn't like it barking. Stephen Osman Agar, 54, cruelly attacked his neighbour's pet named Sully.
Magistrates heard Agar had previously complained to his neighbour about the noise the dog made when he barked. On 6 November last year, the woman said Agar had been banging on the ceiling of his flat.
That evening, the court heard Sully's owner went to take her dog to meet a friend. But as she approached the front door of the flats, Agar came out saying: "What's all the f***ing noise," Lancs Live reports. READ MORE: Fire breaks out at derelict building in Tameside Preston Magistrates court heard the rowdy neighbour began making jabbing motions towards Sully, who started yelping and trying to get away from him. "I could see a large blade, about four or five inches - it looked like a large kitchen knife", Sully's owner said.
The woman's friend, who she was going to meet, said she could hear a dog "screaming in pain". The court heard she opened the door to the flats and saw her friend, who was calling the police and saying her dog had been stabbed.
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