Coventry Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Bradley Regan Archer, 27, previously of Balsall Street, Balsall Common, joined his partner Paige Williams at the family’s home in Balsall Common to help take care of the animals during the family's four-week holiday in July and August 2024. Videos from cameras in the kitchen and garden captured him dragging, kicking, hitting and screaming at the dogs, specifically a 13-month-old dog called Ayrton and a three-year-old dog called Frieda, both German Shorthaired Pointers. Incidents included Ayrton being at the sharp end of their anger, with inappropriate handling such as whipping him with a slip lead when he jumped up.

Bradley Archer, 26, from Solihull, joined Paige Williams at the family's home in Balsall Common where the animals were mistreated in 2024. Footage showed him involved in the abuse of the dogs Ayrton and Frieda, including chasing Ayrton around the garden, threatening him with a stick, handling him inappropriately with a slip lead to yank and flip him, and whipping him with the lead when he jumped up.

Paige Williams, 26, from Knowle, West Midlands, sought to charge a family £1,400 to care for their three dogs, two cats and two birds of prey while they were away on holiday in 2024. She mistreated the animals at the family's home in Balsall Common, with footage showing her shouting, swearing, roughly dragging the dogs Ayrton and Frieda by their collars, holding them off the ground, pushing them through doorways and pushing them down. In one clip, she addressed the owners via the camera, saying she would never look after their dogs again.

Vincent Ward, a Coventry landlord, was fined for operating unlicensed Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs).

Lynn Ashby caused unnecessary suffering to her American Bulldog by leaving it in debilitating pain, resulting in her conviction.

Raydell Lennox was involved in a devastating close range shooting in a Coventry park, as per police theory, leading to his sentencing.

Raymond Higgins abused girls over a period and was found in possession of extreme pornographic images, resulting in his sentencing for these offences.

Steven Harrison sexually abused a young boy in Coventry and warned him not to disclose the abuse, leading to his conviction and sentencing.

Adrian Harcourt was present at a property in Bulkington when police officers attended to arrest the dog's owner. He directed the officers to a side entrance and told them a large Presa Canario was secure. The dog attacked the two officers, and Harcourt was bitten on the right wrist while trying to bring it under control.

Basharat Hussain, 51, was arrested on 7 October on suspicion of shoplifting and later pleaded guilty. He was sentenced following a spree of anti-social behaviour in Coventry city centre and jailed for six weeks. A two-year Criminal Behaviour Order was also imposed, banning him from entering Coventry city centre and any shop there except for arranged appointments with police or probation.

Jim Munupe, sole director of Ascent Onsite Services Ltd, failed to notify the Security Industry Authority of a change of address after moving in July 2020. A counterfeit SIA licence bearing the name of a legitimate licence holder was handed to the SIA on October 4 and was traced to a Basingstoke construction site. Munupe was interviewed under caution on February 3 and admitted moving without informing the SIA. He denied supplying illegal security to the site and said his company had stopped supplying security there in January 2023.

Kimberley Anne King neglected her cat and dog, leaving them without adequate food. The cat died and was found buried in the garden, while the dog was discovered emaciated, shaking, and barely able to stand. RSPCA inspectors visited her home on 7 January last year and took the dog for emergency veterinary treatment. A vet described the dog as starving and close to death with the lowest body condition score, and the cat as chronically emaciated with plastic in its stomach from scavenging for food. King had left the pets unattended over the Christmas period. The dog later recovered and was rehomed.