I'd disown that son, seriously... I don't care how drunk he was, there's just no excuse for that.
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A MAN from north Solihull who kicked his parents' pet dog to death was jailed this week.
Birmingham magistrates on Monday handed out a three-month sentence to unemployed Dean Robert Brayson, 24, of Fillingham Close, Chelmsley Wood, and banned him from owning animals for ten years.
When the case was adjourned for reports last month, Brayson admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a Yorkshire Terrier. He was remanded on bail for sentence --and warned that a jail sentence had not been ruled out.
Brayson was said to have kicked pet dog Pip with such force that a vet said its injuries were consistent with it being run over by a car.
Nick Sutton, prosecuting on behalf of the RSPCA, said it was one of the worst cases of animal cruelty that the charity had dealt with.
Brayson had been living with his stepfather and mother, William and Annette Wareham, who had owned the dog for almost five years.
The retired couple returned home just after midnight on April 17 to find the dog dead in its basket.
Mr Sutton said the animal had been kicked repeatedly, breaking four of its ribs and causing fragments to puncture its lungs. Internal bleeding resulted in the dog being unable to bleed.
A vet who examined Pip said the animal could have remained alive for hours in pain and distress.
Brayson told last month's hearing he was "quite drunk" and did not know his own strength after the "nasty little dog" bit him on the hand.
Allerton Bryce, defending Brayson, told magistrates on Monday that the offence was "out of character."
He added: "Clearly something occurred, whether a bite or nip on the hand, that caused him to lose his temper."
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