LEWIS SIMMONS – SOMERSET Lewis Simmons, 31, currently of Bath, Somerset – vicio…

❌LEWIS SIMMONS – SOMERSET❌

Lewis Simmons, 31, currently of Bath, Somerset – viciously attacked his two dogs.

In a 30-minute attack which took place in an M&S car park in Plymouth, Simmons whipped one dog with a metal lead and stabbed her four times with a golf umbrella, leading to her passing out.

He then whipped and stabbed the other dog as she was tied to railings, before he tipped the contents of a dog bowl over her head.

Simmons then stamped forcefully on one of the dog’s heads 17 times.

The attack, which was caught on CCTV, stopped when two people heard thuds and squealing and confronted Simmons who had strangled one of the dogs by her collar.

The dogs were subsequently rehomed, the court heard.

Simmons, who had been homeless at the time of the attack but now lives in Bath, has previous convictions for violence that did not involve animals.

Judge Matthew Turner said it had been a “prolonged but isolated incident” involving “significant force” but said Simmons’ life was very different now to how it had been in late 2023.

jailed for six months, suspended for 18 months with supervision requirements. He is banned indefinitely from having dogs, with a minimum five-year disqualification.