Cruel woman blew cannabis smoke up dog's nose - after her prisoner boyfriend asked her to

A dog owner made her pet cough and groan after blowing cannabis smoke up his nose at the request of her prisoner boyfriend. Claire Anderson, from Hazel Grove, was banned from keeping animals for a decade by magistrates in Stockport today (April 14).

Prosecuting, Nicole Bridgman told Stockport Magistrates Court that Anderson had been speaking to her partner James Millington, who had called her landline number from prison at 11pm on November 26, 2020. Anderson was smoking a cannabis joint at the time of the phone call, which was recorded.

The court heard that Anderson's dog, called Benji, could be heard in the background of the call. Ms Bridgman said that after noticing Benji, Millington told Anderson: "Put your hand around his nose, put the joint in your mouth and blow."

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After confirming to Millington that she had followed his instructions, the dog could be heard 'making quite a loud groan' in the recording of the call, Ms Bridgman said. She added: "Mr Millington asked 'did it go up his nose'. The defendant laughed and said 'I think so'. She offered to do it again."

Having heard Benji starting to cough, Millington asked Anderson if the noise was coming from the dog. Ms Bridgman said Anderson replied: "Yeah that's him. He hates smoking. You know what it's like when I'm smoking, he starts sneezing."

Ms Bridgman told the court that before the phone call ended, Millington spoke to Anderson about making Benji ingest cannabis again once he had been released from prison. A veterinarian's report read in court stated that dogs can fall over and 'become unsteady' from ingesting cannabis, while their pupils dilate similar to humans'.

The court heard Anderson,