The total length of the footage which was played in court was around one minute. In the fourth, the chihuahua called Lulu was picked up by the scruff of the neck causing the dog to squeal repeatedly. In the third, another poodle called Ringo was smacked by Le Bretton who then pushed her knee into the dog's side whilst saying, 'Naughty boy Ringo.' In the second she can be heard shouting, 'Behave' as she kicked a white Westie, thought to be called Alfie, causing the dog to yelp. The first video showed Le Bretton grasping a white poodle around the neck and hitting it with her hand. She received death threats after the videos were put out onlineĮach charge related to a separate video footage taken November 5, 2020, December 8, 2020, and October 16, 2021. Le Bretton pleaded guilty to four counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. Le Bretton's defence said the actions were 'out of character' and a result of the stress of her living situation as she pleaded guilty to four counts of four charges of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal at Chester Magistrate's Court. He had installed the cameras around the premises without her knowledge while the warring couple were forced to live with each other during lockdown. The abusive dog sitter was exposed after her former husband Stephen, a catering manager, whom she accused of alcoholism and domestic abuse, collated the footage and distributed the videos on Facebook using his middle name Peter when he discovered she was getting married again. A professional dog sitter who was secretly filmed by her ex-husband abusing her customer's pets has been banned from keeping animals for life.įormer charity fundraiser Amanda Le Bretton, 55, was seen on spy cameras hitting the dogs, kicking one, and grasping a chihuahua by the scruff of its neck while its owners were on holiday.
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