Sandbach woman who killed dog jailed

A Sandbach woman has been jailed for causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

Alicia Darcy, 54, from  Platt Avenue in Sandbach appeared at Chester Crown Court on 12th September after pleading guilty to the charge as well as possession of an offensive weapon in a private place at an earlier hearing.

She was sentenced to 18 months in prison and was given a disqualification order banning her from having anything to do with animals. The Samurai sword was seized for destruction.

The court heard how, on 12th October 2024, Darcy called police intoxicated to say her son’s dog had attacked her and she had killed it.

Officers attended the scene to find a dog on the sofa in a sleeping position with a samurai sword embedded in its torso.

She admitted to police that she stabbed the dog while it was resting on the couch.

PC Charlotte Owen said:

“This was a very distressing case for everyone involved. The level of cruelty was abhorrent. She left the dog to die with the sword embedded in it. It is incomprehensible how someone could not only inflict such violence on an animal but then be so callous as to leave it to suffer.”

Pictured - Alicia Darcy, from Platt Avenue in Sandbach.