Moment farmer is arrested while having his hair cut for driving with his dog dragging behind his car – after he avoids jail despite animal’s death
This is the moment a farmer who was caught driving with his dog tied to the back of his car before dumping it was arrested – while he sat getting his hair cut and enjoying a cup of tea.
Police body camera footage shows brutal Kim Norman Randall being caught midway through the clearing as his white husky Daisy bled to death.
Rendall, 65, was given a suspended sentence yesterday after he was filmed dragging Daisy for about 200 meters while tied with rope in High Littleton, near Bath.
The dog was seriously injured in the incident on the afternoon of April 17 this year and had to be put down after failing to regain consciousness.
Bristol Crown Court heard numerous motorists witnessed the horror and tried to stop Randall by honking their horns and flashing the headlights of his red Nissan Micra.
But Randall refused to help his dog or tell police where he had dumped it when they arrived at his home to find him enjoying a cup of tea and a haircut.
Randall (pictured) was sentenced yesterday to eight months in prison, suspended for two years.
Daisy (pictured) was eventually found by police but was left seriously injured in the incident and had to be put down nine days later after failing to regain consciousness.
The farmer was caught dragging his white husky along the road, but she later died from her injuries.
On Tuesday, Randall was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment suspended for two years, 300 hours of unpaid work and a 20-year ban on owning or keeping animals other than cattle and fish. He was also ordered to pay court costs of £5,000.
When he arrived at court, he was met by Daisy’s supporters waving banners demanding “justice” for her.
In his sentencing remarks, Judge Michael Longman said the defendant showed a “high degree of recklessness” in his actions.
He said the social awkwardness excuse “cannot explain or mitigate your behavior.”
The judge told Randall that even if he did not realize the extent of Daisy’s injuries at the time of his departure, he still showed her “arrogant disregard”.
He called the obstruction of police trying to get the dog medical attention “truly appalling” and added: “I don’t believe you were devastated. You showed willful disregard for Daisy’s well-being by failing to seek treatment.”
Randall pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal in violation of the Animal Welfare Act.
Video released by the RSPCA shows Daisy being dragged along a road in High Littleton, near Bath.
Concerned locals stopped and confronted him as Daisy, bleeding, walked onto the road and tried to get up.
Prosecutors said he drove for about 55 seconds, covering a distance of about 200 meters.
This is the moment Kim Norman Rendall was arrested while cutting his hair.
The poor dog was bleeding onto the road and could barely stand up after the incident.
Daisy suffered complex and traumatic injuries (pictured) including both hind legs with complete loss of skin and an open foot fracture.
Concerned witnesses dialed 999 after he laughed at their request to take the dog to the vet. He went on to say, “I’ll do what I want, that’s my dog.”
When he stopped, he took a trash can from the car, put Daisy in the trunk and drove off.
Prosecutor Gregory Gordon said Daisy was tied to a trunk latch that prevented the trunk from closing.
“Obviously the trunk was never closed, it was never intended to be closed,” he added.
Police arrived at Micra’s registered address, his mother’s home, within an hour and Randall was found there having a cup of tea and getting a haircut.
He refused to tell officers where Daisy was and said he would provide her with his own veterinary care.
Given the urgency of the situation, he was arrested on suspicion of cruelty to animals.
In response, the court heard he said: “I don’t like it at all, I don’t bloody like it at all.”
When he was detained, he was described as rude and aggressive towards custodial staff and had blood on his trainers.
Meanwhile, 18 police officers and a drone squad were deployed to try to find Daisy and give her the life-saving treatment they believed she needed.
One police officer who later found Daisy described her injuries (pictured) as “the worst I’ve ever seen” and left her “feeling physically sick”.
After two and a half hours of hunting in the Somerset countryside, she was eventually found in a cowshed in Gossard Lane, High Littleton.
She was rushed to Rosemary Lodge Veterinary Hospital in Bath in a police car with blue lights and sirens.
Veterinarians said she suffered complex and traumatic injuries, including complete loss of skin on both back legs and a compound fracture to her foot.
Despite the best efforts of veterinarians to treat Daisy, her pain could not be controlled and she was euthanized after nine days.
An earlier hearing heard how one witness “fell to the floor and went into shock” after the incident and was prescribed diazepam by her GP because she could not sleep.
PC Natalie Cosgrove also described Daisy’s injuries as “the worst thing I’ve ever seen” and it left her “feeling physically ill”.
“I was shocked, I couldn’t sleep and I was crying… I hugged my dog, crying out of sympathy for Daisy,” she told the court earlier in a victim impact statement.
She added the dog’s suffering was “impossible to describe” and said it was “traumatised” when Randall smirked during police questioning.
“I just felt incredibly sorry for her that a person let her down like that.
“This is one of those jobs that will haunt me forever.”