The woman who moved out of her home and just left her dog Woody to die

This is the face of woman who moved out of her home and left her dog to die in filthy conditions.

Selina Darcy said 'it's half my fault' after her bulldog Woody was found starved to death in squalor in the property, the Liverpool Echo reports. She had previously moved out of the home, leaving her dog with 'someone she had let stay there'.

Darcy said she then 'buried her head' and did not check up on Woody. The 42-year-old has now been banned from keeping animals for seven years after the dog's malnourished body was found by local authority officers.

The court heard how RSPCA inspector Anthony Joynes was contacted by Merseyside Police on January 15 this year after local authority officers who were repossessing the empty property had discovered the body of Woody, an adult male bulldog, belonging to Darcy.

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In his witness statement, Mr Joynes said: "Inside, the property was in squalor throughout, with faeces, dirty clothes, takeaway packaging and general rubbish spanning wall to wall. There was an extremely strong smell at the property of faeces and urine that caused burning to the eyes."

He went on to describe the moment he discovered Woody’s body on a mattress on the floor: "Woody was in extremely poor bodily condition with very little fat and muscle coverage and skeletal bones easily visible through the skin. There were a number of small dog food boxes that were all empty, there was no food or water provision available.

"His eyes were intact but sunken, claws were pointed and overgrown and the rear end was wet and dirty with diarrhoea. Some of the skin was beginning to sleuth away around the nose and face