A callous scaffolder who beat a puppy to death with a slipper has been jailed for almost six months.
Shadow, a 17-week old black Labrador puppy, suffered a laceration to her liver, a broken jaw and fractured ribs in the vicious attack by Callum Gerken.
Gerken, 27, also sent malicious voice clip messages to Shadow's owner, claiming 'I have just beat it from one side of the room to the other.'
Between 4pm and 6.30pm on Wendesday April 3, police were called to an address in Saunders Road, Oxford, where Gerken had caused serious injuries to the puppy.
Shadow, a 17-week old black Labrador puppy (pictured), suffered a laceration to her liver, a broken jaw and fractured ribs in the vicious attack by Callum Gerken, 27, who beat a puppy to death with a slipper
The dog belonged to a woman aged in her 20s.
Gerken was arrested on April 4 before being charged the following day.
Oxford Magistrates Court heard yesterday that Gerken, of Woodfarm in Oxford, had become angry with the puppy for defecating inside and ruining items in the house by tearing them.
He started repeatedly hitting the dog with a slipper.
When the animal was struggling to breathe, Gerken refused to get medical help.
Gerken sent voice clips to Shadow's owner which amounted to malicious communications.
In the messages, he said the puppy had 'sh*t everywhere. I have just beat it from
