Majj
07-27-2005, 09:15 AM
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Mirror.co.uk - UK
19 July 2005
CAGED.. BEAST WHO RIPPED HEAD OFF PET PARROT
Thug branded an 'Ozzy'
By Rod Chaytor
A MAN who tore the head off his pet parrot during a
drunken rage was jailed yesterday after being branded the
"Ozzy Osbourne of Wolverhampton".
Paul Pugh, 39, who said before the case that he "deserved
to die" for the sickening offence, was also banned from
keeping any animal for life.
He had arrived at court for sentence in the morning but
was locked up until the afternoon because he was drunk.
Speaking as he arrived at court, Pugh told reporters he
had drunk eight pints of Carling lager that morning.
Wearing a black jacket, a red England T-shirt and grey
tracksuit bottoms, he said that he bitterly regretted
killing Baby.
He added: "I used to take Baby to the shops in the car
and I would rather have died myself, that's the God's
honest truth.
"I hand-reared that bird from six weeks old and I deserve
to die for what I did. I am a w***** - I killed my bird
and I'm going to jail."
He had admitted decapitating Senegal parrot Baby last
month. Pugh attacked the bird on February 5 after a row
with his wife following a night out drinking.
Yesterday, Roger Price, prosecuting for the RSPCA, told
Wolverhampton magistrates how Pugh - who moments earlier
had tried to hit his 15-year-old son - stumbled into the
living room and pulled Baby from her cage.
Mr Price said: "Pugh then held the head of the parrot in
one hand and the body in another. He shouted, 'Right, I
am going to f*****g kill her. Watch me'."
Amrit Johal, defending, said Pugh was an alcoholic and
could not remember the incident.
He told the court: "This was one moment of absolute sheer
madness."
But sentencing Pugh, District Judge Shamim Qureshi said:
"The parrot had no chance of fleeing.
"You proceeded to kill the bird in front of your wife and
child and it was a disgusting incident for anyone to have
to witness.
"This has all the hallmarks of pop stars on stage. You
are what might be described as the Ozzy Osbourne of
Wolverhampton for the way you have treated this bird."
The judge was referring to the Black Sabbath lead singer
who bit off a bat's head after a fan threw it on stage
during a concert in 1978. He added: "The court has a duty
to protect innocent creatures and I have no choice -
there must be a custodial sentence."
Pugh, from Wolverhampton, was jailed for
five-and-half-months - four for causing unnecessary
suffering plus six weeks of a previous sentence from
which he was released on licence.
After the case, RSPCA Chief Inspector Dave Hollinshead
added: "The majority of cruelty cases are neglect,
whereas this was a quite deliberate infliction of pain
and suffering."
RSPCA Inspector Jackie Hickman added: "The incident was
horrific.
"Parrots are very sensitive creatures and it must have
been terrified. The lifetime ban will mean that this is
not going to happen again."
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Mirror.co.uk - UK
19 July 2005
CAGED.. BEAST WHO RIPPED HEAD OFF PET PARROT
Thug branded an 'Ozzy'
By Rod Chaytor
A MAN who tore the head off his pet parrot during a
drunken rage was jailed yesterday after being branded the
"Ozzy Osbourne of Wolverhampton".
Paul Pugh, 39, who said before the case that he "deserved
to die" for the sickening offence, was also banned from
keeping any animal for life.
He had arrived at court for sentence in the morning but
was locked up until the afternoon because he was drunk.
Speaking as he arrived at court, Pugh told reporters he
had drunk eight pints of Carling lager that morning.
Wearing a black jacket, a red England T-shirt and grey
tracksuit bottoms, he said that he bitterly regretted
killing Baby.
He added: "I used to take Baby to the shops in the car
and I would rather have died myself, that's the God's
honest truth.
"I hand-reared that bird from six weeks old and I deserve
to die for what I did. I am a w***** - I killed my bird
and I'm going to jail."
He had admitted decapitating Senegal parrot Baby last
month. Pugh attacked the bird on February 5 after a row
with his wife following a night out drinking.
Yesterday, Roger Price, prosecuting for the RSPCA, told
Wolverhampton magistrates how Pugh - who moments earlier
had tried to hit his 15-year-old son - stumbled into the
living room and pulled Baby from her cage.
Mr Price said: "Pugh then held the head of the parrot in
one hand and the body in another. He shouted, 'Right, I
am going to f*****g kill her. Watch me'."
Amrit Johal, defending, said Pugh was an alcoholic and
could not remember the incident.
He told the court: "This was one moment of absolute sheer
madness."
But sentencing Pugh, District Judge Shamim Qureshi said:
"The parrot had no chance of fleeing.
"You proceeded to kill the bird in front of your wife and
child and it was a disgusting incident for anyone to have
to witness.
"This has all the hallmarks of pop stars on stage. You
are what might be described as the Ozzy Osbourne of
Wolverhampton for the way you have treated this bird."
The judge was referring to the Black Sabbath lead singer
who bit off a bat's head after a fan threw it on stage
during a concert in 1978. He added: "The court has a duty
to protect innocent creatures and I have no choice -
there must be a custodial sentence."
Pugh, from Wolverhampton, was jailed for
five-and-half-months - four for causing unnecessary
suffering plus six weeks of a previous sentence from
which he was released on licence.
After the case, RSPCA Chief Inspector Dave Hollinshead
added: "The majority of cruelty cases are neglect,
whereas this was a quite deliberate infliction of pain
and suffering."
RSPCA Inspector Jackie Hickman added: "The incident was
horrific.
"Parrots are very sensitive creatures and it must have
been terrified. The lifetime ban will mean that this is
not going to happen again."
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