Puppy is stamped to death as shocked owner looks on

A teenage girl has been left heartbroken after her 10-week old puppy was stamped on by yobs and killed. April Alderton, 15, who suffers from ADHD - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - was in the Priory Park area, in St Neots, with a friend when the attack took place.

April, from Cambridge Road, told how she put the Jack Russell, named Sandy, on the ground for a moment when she stopped to tuck her trouser leg in her boot at about 11.30am on Monday. She said: "She wandered over to three boys. She was wagging her tail and one of them put his foot out and trampled on her head."

April, who tried to give the pup mouth-to-mouth resuscitation at the scene, said: "I was devastated. It was such a shock." Her mother, Loretta Alderton, added: "It is unbelievable. How could someone do something like that?" April was heard screaming and crying at the scene and Ms Alderton said she arrived to find her sitting on the kerb sobbing.



The pup was taken to a nearby veterinary surgery but it died from a fractured skull. April, who attends the Aschan Road Pupil Referral Unit in Cambridge, was bought the puppy only four weeks ago on the advice it would be a good thing for her ADHD. April said: "She was a lovely puppy. She was very well behaved and one of those things you can't replace. I am very angry."

Pc Amanda Foreman said: "This has upset the entire family who are finding it hard to understand how someone can do this to a puppy."

RSPCA inspector Cherry Evans said: "This is an absolutely shocking and sickening incident which has caused a great deal of pain to this small puppy and left her owners devastated. "It is difficult to understand how anyone could be so deliberately cruel and it is vital that anyone with information comes forward."