Paul Bibby
A local builder who shot his neighbour’s dog with a bow and arrow in South Golden Beach has been jailed after unsuccessfully appealing his conviction in the District Court.
Robert Bruce Stewart shot ‘Bucket’, a 10-month-old Wolfhound-Malamute cross, with a steel-tipped arrow on December 6, 2019.
The injury caused the death of the much-loved dog, and Stewart was subsequently found guilty of two animal cruelty charges, including recklessness and torture, in Byron Bay Local Court last October. Kris Thompson with his beloved friend Bucket whom he got as an eight-week-old puppy.
The 61-year-old then appealed his conviction in the District Court, and was allowed to remain on bail pending the outcome of that case.