MASON LUKEMAN – ESSEX

❌MASON LUKEMAN – ESSEX❌

CONVICTED | backyard bully breeder Mason Lukeman, 23, from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex – subjected a dog to regular beatings, causing a catalogue of appalling injuries.

Lukeman, who is originally from Penge, South-East London and has links to Grays in Essex, pleaded guilty to six animal welfare offences in total in relation to a dog called Mulla, later renamed Hope. He admitted inflicting physical abuse resulting in injury, failing to provide veterinary treatment for the dog’s injuries and two counts of failing to protect her from injury, pain and suffering.

Mulla was taken to the vets by a lettings agent on January 9, 2024, after she found her locked away in a bathroom of Lukeman’s flat.

She had fresh cuts on her head and what looked like blood dripping from her mouth.

Her teats were hanging down, her tail was bent, she was very thin with her ribs visible and her eyes were gunky and red.

When examined by a vet she was found to have a number of injuries consistent with blunt force trauma.

Evidence also showed she had a severely swollen face, especially on the right side with blood stained saliva dripping from her mouth.

Mulla was taken to the RSPCA Finsbury Park Animal Hospital for further treatment.

Here, x-rays revealed she had several fractured teeth, a fractured skull and fracture of both cheek bones.

The skull and cheek bone fractures were found to be recent injuries.

As well as the recent injuries found around her face and head, a number of other skeletal injuries were noted including fractured ribs and dislocated tail vertebrae.

Despite numerous treatments, her injured eye could not be saved and it was removed at a later date.

Speaking after the court case Inspector Emma Beynon said: “The sheer amount of severe injuries that Mulla sustained are shocking – and the areas of her body affected were from her head to her tail.

“We will never know the full extent of what she had to go through and there was evidence of historic injuries on her body which showed it happened on more than one occasion.

“Her injuries tell a heartbreaking story of a dog who was repeatedly treated in a horrendous way which would have caused her so much pain and suffering.”

She added that the case will “haunt” her and her colleagues for a long time.

“I hope the sentence sends out a strong message that animal abuse will not be tolerated in our society and if prosecuted, those will face severe punishment,” she said.

Sentencing | 12 months in prison; £154 victim surcharge. Disqualified from keeping all animals for life.