St Neots 'stamp puppy' died of natural causesLast updated: 03/11/2009 18:34:00
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NATURAL
DEATH: Police say 10-week-old Sandie died of a virus. |
A POLICE investigation into the killing of a puppy in St Neots has been
called off after a post mortem examination found the dog died of
natural causes.
Hundreds
of people joined a Facebook group calling for justice for the
heartbroken 15-year-old who reported her puppy had been stamped to
death in Priory Park on October 26.
April Alderton of
Cambridge Road, St Neots, said she had been walking Sandie in the park
between 11.15am and 11.50am when a hooded youth stamped on the dog and
ran off. She said 10-week-old Sandie had died from a fractured skull.
RSPCA officers described the attack as "sickening" and police said it had "upset an entire family".
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NEW
PUP: April with her new puppy, Poppy. |
However a statement released to The Hunts Post on Tuesday (November 3)
by Cambridgeshire police said they "had ended their investigation".
The
statement said a detailed veterinary medical examination revealed it
was "most likely" the puppy "had died suddenly from a virus and showed
no sign of injury".
"Despite an intensive and thorough
investigation, police have been unable to locate any other witnesses to
an alleged incident in which the puppy was reportedly injured."
Police said no charges would be bought against the family.
April,
who attends the Ascham Road Pupil Referral Unit in Cambridge, was
bought Sandie following advice that it would help with her
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
The circumstance of
the puppy's alleged death caused outrage across the country with people
offering rewards to find and prosecute the culprits.
More than 750 people signed up to a group on the social networking site, Facebook, condemning the actions.
Letters
of outrage were also sent to The Hunts Post from across the country,
including one which described the youths as "cowards" who killed a
defenceless pet of a young girl".
A man, who wished to remain
anonymous, also contacted The Hunts Post offering a £200 reward
for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the offender.
"It
is totally disgusting," he said. "The attitude of these idiots shows
absolute disregard for others in society. When I read about the killing
I felt physically sick that someone could cause so much pain to a
puppy."
The Sun newspaper offered a £2,500 reward.
April’s
mother, Loretta, 45, who bought her daughter a new puppy on the same
day as Sandie’s death, said: “The death of Sadie left us
all devastated.”
When asked how they felt about the
police calling an end to the investigation, family friend Rodney Ellis
said: “We are fuming. The police are making an innocent girl look
like a liar. This will provoke a lot of hassle for April and the kids
in the area will say she lied. April is not handling it very well and
is really upset. She keeps asking ‘why doesn’t anyone
believe me?”
Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:35 pm by Lorz
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what was going on in that girls head at the time i wonder 
I thought I had heard/read she has something
i thought it was the mother 
