CONVICTED (2013) | Stacey Marie Crawford, born 19/11/1988, of 9 Sefton Terrace, Halifax HX1 5RE, and Craig Ian Horsfall, born 05/10/1985, of 78 Illingworth Road, Halifax HX2 9EJ – left a one-year-old bull terrier named Lenny to starve to death in a puppy cage over several weeks. Dog killers Stacey Crawford and Craig Horsfall of Illingworth, near Halifax, West Yorks Lenny had been living in a cage in a bedroom at the couple’s home. They said that they had stopped feeding him because when they tried to put food in the cage he would bite them. They hadn’t sought help with him because, they said, they had no credit on their phones. When Lenny finally starved to death, Crawford and Horsfall buried him on public land. This was, however, witnessed by a member of the public who alerted the RSPCA. RSPCA Inspector Charlotte Booker and a police officer then dug up the burial spot where Lenny’s carcass was found. Crawford and Horsfall locked Lenny in a puppy cage and left him there to starve to death. When he eventually died, they buried him. Inspector Booker said: “This was a very harrowing case to deal with and I think the memory of it will stay with me forever. “I dug this dog’s emaciated body up. He weighed just 10kg, half his ideal weight, and his feet were stained yellow from urine. “The owners had dog food in the house but they hadn’t fed him. They told me he hadn’t been out of the cage he was living in for four weeks before he died. They had cats, bearded dragons and tropical fish which were all being fed.” “Lenny starved to death right in front of them,” said Insp Booker. Dog killer Craig Horsfall The two cats were signed over to the RSPCA for rehoming and the bearded dragons and tropical fish were found new homes by the couple. Sentence: jailed for 18 weeks and banned from keeping animals for life Source: Halifax Courier (article removed).