CONVICTED (2018) | Rudy Dear, born 3 November 1978, and wife Leanna Dear, born 7 December 1980, of St Aelreds Mews, Derwenthorpe, York YO31 0RW – neglected a Lhasa Apso so badly she was almost blind. Lhasa Apso Lady was found by a visiting council officer with eye ulcers and infected eyelids. Her eye sores were weeping pus, which matted the fur to her face, and she was covered in fleas and lice. Lady was nursed back to health and rehomed Her owners, Rudy and Leanna Dear, who have links to the travelling community, pleaded guilty to failing to look after Lady, and causing her unnecessary suffering. In mitigation, they said a family bereavement meant that Lady had been left with Mr Dear who did not do all he should to look after her. Lady, who has been renamed, is now in a loving new home. Sentencing: Rudy Dear – 200 hours of unpaid work; £85 court surcharge Leanna Dear –  £120 fine and a £30 court surcharge. Each must also pay £500 in prosecution costs. Both were banned from keeping animals for ten years. Northern Echo Rudy Dear runs a business called RD Tree Services.