Four months after he initially appeared in court, Davino Shakell Howard has admitted animal cruelty to the dog named Sparky. Watched by officials of the Animal Control Centre and members of the group Be Their Voice, Howard, 28, of Bullens Avenue, Dalkeith Road, St Michael, changed his plea and admitted to wantonly ill-treating and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal – a dog – on September 13, 2022. Attorney Lalu …
The man who was caught on camera mistreating a dog on Pebbles Beach last September has admitted to animal cruelty, four months after pleading not guilty when he was first hauled before the court.Davino Shakell Howard, 28, pleaded guilty to the animal cruelty charge after being sentenced for two other offences related to the highly-publicised incident. He will learn next week what punishment he will face for that crime.Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes on Friday placed the landscaper from Bullens Avenue, Dalkeith Road, St Michael on 12 months of probation, in addition to counselling deemed necessary by authorities, on two charges he pleaded guilty to on his first appearance in court late last year – owning a dog over the age of six months without obtaining a licence and withholding information requested by Sergeant of Police Cecil Taylor.Those two offences were committed on September 16, 2023.
Dog owner Davino Shkell Howard will be the teaching moment for other Barbadians who do not know they should license their dogs. So said Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes as he ordered a pre-sentencing report on the animal cruelty accused who appeared before him in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court yesterday. “I believe, really and truly, that sometimes one or two of the penalties in these areas are not necessarily effective. …
A St. Michael man is to appear in court today on three charges: cruelty to animal, failing to license a dog and withholding information. On September 16, 2022, police at the Hastings - Worthing Police Station arrested and formally charged Davino Shakell Howard, 28 years of Bullen’s Avenue Dalkeith Road. He is expected to appear at the District A Criminal court.
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