Shocking images show the illegal 'agony' pet dog Babyface was put through by cruel woman

A woman who failed to get treatment for her bulldog's wounds after it was left in agony has been banned from keeping dogs.

The six-month-old XL bully-type breed called Babyface had stitch wounds that became infected after undergoing an ear cropping procedure, which is illegal in the UK.

The puppy's owner, 35-year-old Jade O'Brien from Stockport, said the procedure had been carried out abroard but admitted she did not take her to a vet for treatment as she 'knew she would get in trouble' and asked her gardener for help instead.

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She has now had the animal taken from her after admitting causing it unnecessary suffering and has been banned for keeping any other dogs for three years

The RSPCA, who brought the prosecution, first became involved when Inspector Beth Fazakerley went to a vets in Accrington, Lancashire, on September 1, 2021 to examine two dogs who had been seized by police as part of an investigation under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.

One of them was Babyface who had 'prominent scars' from stitches after recently having its ears cropped. A staff member confirmed that when the dog arrived at the kennels two weeks before, she was suffering with open wounds to both ears.

“You could clearly see multiple horizontal scars and I was told that when she was seized she still had sutures that were cutting into her skin due to how inflamed and infected her ears were," Ms Fazakerley said in a witness statement submitted as part of O'Brien's prosecution.

O'Brien, of Cheadle Hulme, later told Ms Fazakerley that the dog had been imported from the US and that she was bought with her ears already cropped.

"She informed me that she