A CRUEL woman who killed her neighbour's dog by lacing meat with anti-freeze has been spared jail.

       Susan Foster, 60, deliberately laced a chunk of meat with anti-freeze and tossed it over the fence into Colin Stark's garden where his doting German Shepherd Roxy ate it.

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       Susan Foster poisoned her neighbour's dog 6

       Roxy suffered for four days before vets put her to sleep 6

       Foster laced a chunk of meat with anti-freeze Credit: SWNS

       Tragically Roxy, who Colin had owned since she was eight weeks old, spent four days in terrible pain and vomiting before vets decided to put her to sleep to end her suffering.

       Shocking CCTV footage captured the moment Foster threw the food over the 6ft fence.

       And hours later, she was caught stealing the camera and trying to destroy the evidence.

       Roxy's heartbroken owner Colin, 65, said: "Nothing can bring Roxy back, she was a lovely dog.

       "We've got pictures of her. We've got one over the fireplace. It's one the children gave us for Christmas.

       "It says 'the boss lives here' because she was the boss of the house, and it's a lovely picture of her just laying on the floor."

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       He proceeded to explain that the incident "came out of the blue" on June 12, when Roxy started vomiting at his home in Scunthorpe, Lincs and he later found strange bits of meat in his garden.

       He said: "We kept an eye on Roxy. She wasn't being her normal self. She was lethargic, she would just lay there.

       "Over the course of the day, she was getting worse and worse.

       "We then took her to the vets and took samples of the meat, and he said: 'I think that's poison'."

       Colin found CCTV footage that showed Foster throwing the toxic food over her 6ft fence and onto his property.

       'VANISHED'

       Foster then tried to destroy the evidence by stealing his camera just hours after she'd set her poisonous trap.

       Colin said: "I played it back after Roxy had been put to sleep, and on my laptop I could see something is coming over.

       "I thought 'Was that a bird or something?' and then I played it back slower, and you could see it was things being thrown over the fence.

       "The camera's got an alarm trigger, so it detects motion, and it set off a trigger on my phone at 11:45 pm on Saturday.

       "I looked at the alarm, and at first I couldn't work out what it is.

       "Then I realise it's a hand, and it's her hand going all over the camera, and then eventually, her face appears on the camera."

       Since the attack, Colin said Foster had "vanished" and had later gone on to sell her bungalow.

       During the hearing, the court heard from an expert veterinary witness who concluded Roxy had been caused to suffer after ingesting antifreeze, also known as ethylene glycol.

       The expert believed the clinical signs that Roxy displayed on June 14-16 were consistent with her having consumed the substance on or around June 12.

       Along with her suspended sentence, Foster was ordered to carry out 15 Rehabilitation Activity Requirement days.

       She was also disqualified from keeping all animals for 12 months and ordered to pay ￡2,040 in court costs, ￡627 compensation to Roxy's owners and a ￡120 victim surcharge.

       'LOVELY DOG'

       But Colin feels she should have been punished more severely as the poisonous meat could have killed his other dog as well.

       He said: "We got justice, but very lenient justice.

       "We've got two dogs, and she wasn't just trying to get rid of one of them, she was trying to get rid of both of them.

       "With an intent like that, I think she should have got at least five years plus straight away. You look at America - you should see what they get.

       "Nothing can bring Roxy back, she was a lovely dog. I think about her every day.

       "When we'd go to the Co-op, she would just sit and wait for me while I was in the shop. She wouldn't bark at anybody.

       "I had a face mask made of her when she was put to sleep. You never forget. We had her since she was a puppy when she was eight weeks old."

       Inspector Bradshaw from the RSPCA, who led the investigation, said: "This was an incredibly sad case - Roxy was a beloved pet - and her owners were heartbroken by their loss.

       "This act caused Roxy an immense amount of pain and suffering, and deteriorating clinical signs meant this poor dog ended up losing her life as a result."

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       She later tried to destroy the evidence by stealing the camera Credit: SWNS 6

       CCTV footage shows her throwing the poisoned meat over the fence Credit: SWNS 6

       Heartbroken Colin Stark said the incident came "out of the blue" Credit: SWNS

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