#MostEvil | John William Mackie, born 20/11/1971, formerly of Clovenstone Park, Edinburgh and as of mid 2018 a guest of the Inveravon Hotel, Loanhead, Midlothian  – killed a defenceless Rottweiler by beating him before forcing two knives up his nose and a tree branch into his abdominal cavity Sadistic Mackie subjected his eight-year-old Rottweiler, Sonny, to a severe beating, causing him to suffer extensive haemorrhaging over his body and skull. Horrifyingly, Mackie plunged two nine-inch dining knives so far into Sonny’s nose that they weren’t visible from the outside. A 17-inch long branch was also found in the dog’s abdominal cavity. Victim Sonny was subjected to a horrifying ordeal before he died A horrified member of the public found Sonny’s lifeless body in bushes and called the Scottish SPCA. When questioned, remorseless Mackie initially lied that he had been told Sonny was hit by a bus. There was no evidence of shame or regret for his actions. Sentence: 12 months in jail. Banned from keeping animals for life BBC News John Mackie has links to Musselburgh, East Lothian.