Birmingham Dog Fighter Jailed

Birmingham Dog Fighter Jailed




June 30, 2009 by The RSPCA



A
serial dog fighter, who was involved in one of the biggest dog fighting
cases the RSPCA has ever taken, has been sent back to prison and banned
for life from keeping dogs.
Barkat Hussain was one of the main organisers of the notorious Alum
Rock* dog fight in 2006, which resulted in 26 men being successfully
prosecuted by the RSPCA. However, just weeks after his release from
prison last year, Hussain was found with three pit bull type dogs and
equipment used to train dogs in connection with fighting during a raid
on a Birmingham barbers.
RSPCA inspectors and officers from West Midlands Police executed
warrants at Scissor Edge and the first floor flat above it, on Dudley
Road, on 15 December last year as part of Operation Rye.
Hussain, of Unett Street, Smethwick, was jailed for four months and
given a life ban on keeping dogs when he appeared before a district
judge at Birmingham Magistrates Court yesterday (MONDAY).
Chief Inspector Ian Briggs, from the RSPCA’s special
operations unit, said: “Dog fighting is an obsession for Barkat
Hussain. Despite being sent to prison and banned from keeping dogs
after the Alum Rock case, within weeks of his release he was back in
the thick of Birmingham’s dog fighting activity.
“Some people still think it is acceptable to train dogs and
fight them for their own gratification, but it is one of the most
extreme and persistent forms of animal cruelty the RSPCA investigates.
As long as there are people like Barkat Hussain who continue to follow
this barbaric practice, we will continue to track them down and
prosecute them.”
The 44-year-old (D.O.B 10.10.64) admitted three charges of
possession of dogs banned under Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act. He
had admitted one charge of possession of items adapted for use in
connection with animal fighting and another charge of keeping or
training animals for use in connection with animal fighting, contrary
to the Animal Welfare Act.
Hussain also admitted breaching a five-year ban on keeping dogs that
he received as part of his sentence for the Alum Rock fight.
His latest prosecution follows intelligence gained as part of the
RSPCA’s proactive investigation into dog fighting in Birmingham.
The inspectors that carried out the raid last December found the three
dogs, as well as equipment used to train dogs for fighting, including a
treadmill and a breaking stick. A home veterinary kit was also seized,
including a half-empty bottle of the drug Euthatol, which is used to
euthanase dogs.
The RSPCA inspectors found Hussain in the first floor flat where the
three dogs were also discovered. One of the animals was chained to a
banister, while two more were kept in small cages in a separate room.
One of the dogs had 59 old scars to its head, consistent with injuries
suffered from fighting.
Hussain was arrested by police officers at the scene and taken away
for interview. When questioned he claimed the equipment was left over
from his previous offences and he was no longer involved in dog
fighting. However, on inspection his mobile phone was discovered to
contain video footage of a dog fight and photographs of pit bull
terrier type dogs.
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the bastard

makes you wonder what runs through these peoples minds and why they think its okay to abuse these dogs in such a cruel way

arsehole i remember the first time they caught him

these people make me sick