Woman banned from keeping dogs after being filmed hitting and kicking pups at her kennel business

A woman who was caught on camera kicking and hitting dogs at her kennel business has been banned from keeping the animals.

Amanda Le Bretton, 55, ran dog boarding business Home from Home Dog Retreat at her Ellesmere Port home before shocking video footage emerged on social media last summer, showing her aggressively hitting and kicking the animals in her care.

One video seen by the Liverpool Echo shows the 55-year-old picking up a dog, called Lou Lou, by its neck, causing it to squeal repeatedly. Lou Lou's owner told the ECHO she "couldn't even cry" out of shock when she watched the video.

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In another video, Le Bretton can heard saying "he's p****d all in here now. God's sake. They're misbehaving" before she kicks a small white dog which squeals in response. In another, she bends down to cradle a dog's face before hitting it.

She then hits it again as she turns away. One video shows a group of dogs showing an interest in a patch of floor.

In the background Le Bretton can be heard saying "what have you done" before she enters the shot and kicks at two dogs that approach her. She then says "naughty boy Ringo, look at that" and points at what appears to be dog urine on the floor, before she hits a dog.

Le Bretton, who now lives overseas, lost her dog licence shortly after the videos emerged. This week she was fined at Chester Magistrates Court for four charges of causing unnecessary suffering to dogs. The court heard from a vet how her actions definitely caused anxiety and compromised the mental welfare of the dogs in her care.

Le Bretton was also disqualified from owning, keeping and dealing with animals under section 34 of the Animal Welfare