Two Bellshill sex offenders, Jamie Seery and Mikey Keegans, have confessed to stabbing and assaulting two Bully dogs during a violent incident.
Jamie Seery, 36, and Mikey Keegans, 32, from Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, severely assaulted the two canines during a furious attack.
Seery incessantly struck XL Bully Bronson while vociferously urging ‘cut it, chop it,’ as Keegans delivered blows with a meat cleaver and a knife.
The event in Bellshill resulted in Bronson and an American Bully named Karma sustaining severe injuries.
The police found Jamie Seery and Mikey Keegans with bloodied hands, and the weapons were located in a garden.
Mikey Keegans asserted that his Staffy, named Tyson, had been assaulted; however, no injuries were detected on the dog.
The dogs received emergency care in January 2024, resulting in a £600 veterinary cost for their astonished owner.
Jamie Seery and Mikey Keegans confessed to inflicting undue misery on the dogs.
Jamie Seery also acknowledged engaging in threatening or abusive behaviour and resisting arrest.
Depute fiscal Rebecca Clark said: “Both men were at the address visiting Mr Jamie Seerys uncle and consuming alcohol.
“At 2am the dogs were let out into the garden to go to the toilet, but later she heard her dogs barking and formed the impression that, in her words, a stramash was taking place.
“She then heard Mr Jamie Seery shouting ‘chop it, chop it’, so ran out and saw both accused appearing to punch into her dog Bronson.
“She did not see any weapons but police later found weapons within the garden.
“Both dogs were collected from the garden, and she could then see both dogs had significant injuries, described blood as ‘squirting’ and could see the dog’s brain.”
The prosecutor added: “Police attended and both accused were noted to literally have blood on their hands and appeared under the influence.
“Mr Mikey Keegans said, ‘I’ll tell you what happened, the dog attacked my dog, the knife was there and I had to defend my dog’.”
Sheriff John Hamilton KC deferred sentence on both men until next month for reports and continued bail.
It is recommended that neither Jamie Seery and Mikey Keegans are left alone with animals or children.
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