Instead, remorse-free animal abuser Aleshia McLaverty swore as she was confronted, angrily denounced the media and threatened that if her photograph appeared in newspapers it would amount to "defamation" of her character and she would sue.
The Labrador Retriever mix named Sam died after being left in a flat without food and water. It had drank the toilet bowl dry. Scratch marks on packets of food show where he had desperately tried to find something to eat.
Poor Sam knew he was dying and made one last attempt at survival when he tried to escape through a window. But, in his weakened state, he got hung up in the window blinds and died with freedom - and life - just out of reach. Sam was found dead, hanging upside down, tangled in the blinds. There were maggots in his eyes and nose.
McLaverty ranted after avoiding being sent to jail for animal cruelty at Antrim Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
After her photo was taken by a Press photographer on the street after leaving the court on Tuesday, she flew into a rage.
Earlier in court her defence barrister said she was "very emotional and very distressed" by the case.
However, outside the court grounds, when a journalist identified himself to her and asked if she wished to comment, McLaverty replied: "No I don't. But seriously, I have already been told by my solicitor, right, that I can take yousins to court for defamation of character.
"See that man standing taking pictures of me, see if one of those pictures appear in the paper, I am suing him and I mean that.
"I have my 10-week-old son with me and he (the photographer) is standing like some sort of f*****g sniper taking pictures.
"I swear to God, if one picture of me appears of me in the paper, I am taking him to court, and I mean that."
One of the reasons McLaverty dodged jail was that she had recently given birth.
Sentencing McLaverty on Tuesday, District Judge Alan White said that after looking at a custodial sentence as a starting point he had to take into account her previously clear record and her guilty plea.
He said he also had to consider she had a young baby to look after, and imposed a two-month jail term, suspended for two years, and banned her from keeping animals for five years.
(Belfast Telegraph - Aug 6, 2015)
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It's good that you posted her photo, and the story of the cruel death of this dog.
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