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A man has been jailed after he stabbed a dog to death and injured a second during a 'mental episode'.

Simon Elliott was caring for the dogs on behalf of some friends who were away on holiday.

Nottingham Crown Court heard that the 45-year-old killed one of the dogs after stabbing it through the heart.

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A neighbour entered the defendant’s property and found Rosie the beagle “stiff and cold” as well as the other pet - a Staffie called Sabre - with a number of knife wounds.

She described the scene she found inside his flat as “abhorrent and barbaric”.

Sending him to prison for 18 months, Judge Stuart Rafferty KC said: “Only you will know how clearly you remember what happened.

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