In mitigation, Crooke was described as an "inexperienced pet owner" who had not set out to harm Simba. He was said to have "overestimated his own abilities". The defendant had suffered personal trauma ...

A man has been banned from keeping animals for life after he failed to take his puppy to the vets, leaving it looking like a "hyena". Paul Crooke, 61, of Axminster Close, Hull, admitted to causing his ...