blackmagic Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6826420.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797084 From Times Online September 8, 2009 Claire Parker is accused woman in horrific dog fighting trial RSPCA raids uncovered treadmills, attack 'lunge poles' and 'rape harnesses' where bitches were forced to mate with pit bulls A woman who was a member of one of England’s biggest dog fighting gangs with links to Northern Irish paramilitaries held pit bulls fights at her home, a court heard today. After one organised fight in Claire Parker’s garage, a dog was so badly scarred that it resembled an animal that had had a shotgun fired in its face, and was even left with staples holding wounds together, it was claimed. During the opening of a two-week trial, Lincoln Magistrates Court was told how an undercover investigation revealed some of the international fighting ring watched as badly wounded animals had crocodile clips fastened to their ears and tail before being connected to the mains supply and electrocuted. The court heard how some of the gang made the dogs train on treadmills, in swim tanks or attack ’lunge poles’ with dummies hanging on them in an attempt to maximise the animals’ aggression and help them reach their ideal fighting weight. RSPCA raids also uncovered ’rape harnesses’ used to force bitches to mate to breed more pit bulls, a dog banned in Britain. They also uncovered weighing scales, ’break sticks’ for parting the animals once their jaws had locked on to each other and veterinary products to treat wounded animals. The case was brought by the RSPCA after Steve Ibinson, an undercover investigator, infiltrated a dog fighting gang called the Farmer Boys in Northern Ireland for a BBC Panorama programme. Mr Ibinson, a former SAS operative who had lived in fear of his life following the investigation, went on to uncover a series of links between that gang and dog fighting fanatics across the UK. His identity can only now be revealed because he died from natural causes earlier this year while serving as a security guard in Afghanistan. Statements he made are being given as part of a case that has seen five people from across the North of England already admit various dog fighting offences. In a secretly recorded video, Gary Adamson, a 38-year-old welder, is shown standing next to three reinforced pens in his yard in Yarm, Cleveland, boasting about how his pit bull, Pablo, suffered a “real good ragging†during a 26-minute fight for a £500 prize, allegedly at the garage of Mrs Parker’s Lincolnshire home. The black dog appears nervous in the footage as Adamson at one point lifts it by the collar revealing numerous white facial scars, a badly torn ear with some wounds stapled shut. The animal lost the fight and is now feared dead. In his statement, Mr Ibinson said that Adamson was the north east of England representative of the Farmers Boys, from County Armagh, and aspired to be for pit bull fighting what Don King was for boxing. Adamson is also recorded explaining that he wanted to make Pablo train in a swim tank and then “roll him out†at a test fight. At one point he even grinned as he explained that his mother was a member of the RSPCA, despite him being a self-confessed badger baiter and wanting to build a rape harness to breed fighting dogs. In his statement, Mr Ibinson claimed he travelled with Adamson to Finland where they watched “conventionsâ€, or dog fights, one which resulted in one severely injured animal being electrocuted. Mr Ibinson said the lights dimmed when the fuse blew during the electrocution, adding that the trip was Adamson’s “ideal holidayâ€. In the recording Adamson says his dog fought another pit bull called Chief, which belonged to Kenny King, a 35-year-old care worker, from Ragnall, Nottinghamshire, in a makeshift pit at Mrs Parker’s home. Michael Shorrock, QC, for the prosecution, said RSPCA officers seized three treadmills, scales, break sticks, and veterinary products at the home where she lived with her three young children and late husband, John, known as ’Odd Ball’, a convicted dog fighter who died in prison from a heart attack earlier this year. He rejected her suggestion that she was unaware of what took place in the garage, adding that her washing machine was housed there and Adamson was filmed saying she was at that fight. Mrs Parker, a 44-old breeder of Boston terriers, denies being present at a dog fight, jointly with her husband keeping premises for fights and owning three pit bulls. She is on trial with 33-year-old Mohammed Nasir Farooq, from Bordesley Green, Birmingham, who it is claimed acted as the “time keeper†during the Lincolnshire fight in May 2007. He denies taking part in a fight, causing unnecessary suffering to a pit bull and possessing equipment associated with dog fights. He and a 17-year-old youth, who cannot be named and is from another address in Birmingham, admitted owning three illegal pit bulls. Adamson and King have both admitted a series of charges under the Dangerous Dogs and Animal Welfare acts. The case continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyMalc Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 (edited) Anyone want to attach some crocodile clips to that lovely lady? Then I'll switch on the light while I make a cuppa tea, shall I? :mad: Edited September 8, 2009 by BillyMalc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReikiAnge Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Sick f*****s :mecry: I hope really bad things happen to the lot of them. Poor dogs :mecry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudi Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Don't know what's going on with posting on the topic What I wanted to say was... I hope that the danger Steve Ibinson put himself in doesn't got to waste and these pieces of sh*t get sentences that mean something. I was sad to read he had died, I know that they wouldn't have released his name, but I imagine a lot of people would have like to have expressed their admiration for what he did in some way. I feel for all the people that had to witness the videos and be in the same room as these low lives whilst questionning them etc. These things will keep on happening until people start to get serious prison sentences for their behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura_E Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Anyone want to attach some crocodile clips to that lovely lady? Yes please! I also hope that really bad things happen to them. Sick bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumpole Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 totally sick i dont know why im surprised at the extent of this womans involvement as its probably sexist of me to think that way but im sickened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieK9 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Photos of Parker & Adamson here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1212014/Dog-fight-duo-warned-face-jail-RSPCA-helps-smash-Europes-biggest-sydicate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mole Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 B*****ds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Feckin ***kers I'm with Billy - give the bitch a taste of her own medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melp Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Three convictions http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/8257360.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudi Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Dog-Fighting-Gang-Four-Members-Are-Jailed-For-Between-45-Months-And-6-Months/Article/200909415389985 The sentences handed down are truly pathetic. The law needs to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murtle Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 disgusting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura_E Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 http://news.sky.com/...200909415389985 The sentences handed down are truly pathetic. The law needs to change. I agree, total joke. The worst part is they'll only serve half the time that they have actually been given. 23 days will turn into 11 days, plus any time spent on remand or in police custody will be deducted. The reality is they'll probably never even make it off the safety off the induction unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyMalc Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 With convictions like that, how on earth are you gonna dissuade people from having anything to do with dog fights??? One of em 's got a 10 year ban on keeping a dog - which you just circumvent by saying that the dog is your brother's/neighbour's/grandma's. And the "these dogs are not pet dogs" bit - obviously none of those eejits has ever seen any footage of Michael Vick's dogs: some of these are PAT dogs now!! Bloody ignorance .... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 Sadly the poor dogs are so far down the list of anything that matters. The Farooq circle around Birmingham was allowed to continue unhindered for years because it was easily filtrated and seen to be a source for terrorist information. It was only when the terrorism investigation ws completed was it shut down ( how many dogs later) having produced nothing more useful than some links with the " Moslem Front" a teenage group of graffiti artists that try to drive dog walkers from local parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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