A WOMAN who stabbed her pet dog to death because it would not sit with her has been jailed.
Linda Glen, also known as Linda King, plunged a 9in kitchen knife into German shepherd Hatton's stomach.
Despite her husband trying to stem the bleeding with a tea towel, the dog died in his arms.
Glen, 43, has now been jailed for four and a half months and banned from keeping animals for life.
District Judge Frederick Rutherford, sitting at Hull Magistrates' Court, said: "This was an act of unbelievable, alcohol-induced, catastrophic violence against the family pet.
"In my mind, it was an act of incredible cruelty. The level of violence shown to the animal was appalling, culminating in its death."
Glen ran from her home in Tweed Grove, east Hull, after stabbing Hatton on July 26.
She later assaulted and threatened police after she was arrested.
Her solicitor Geoff Ellis said she was suffering from depression and had been drinking heavily on the day of the attack.
"This is an offence she is extremely distressed about," he said. "She has little recollection of what she has done and has been unable to assist about the reasons behind it."
At a previous hearing at Hull Magistrates' Court, prosecutor Heather Levitt said: "She called the dog into the kitchen. She tried to get him to sit next to her but he wouldn't.
"She started tugging him by the scruff of the neck and pulled out a large silver kitchen knife and sat on the floor and held it against the dog's throat."
When the dog tried to get away she held a knife to its throat and said "Do you want me to?"
She then placed the knife on top of the dog's head so the blade was touching him before her husband grabbed the knife and pulled the dog to safety.
As he was stroking Hatton he heard a yelp and realised she had grabbed the knife and stabbed the dog in the abdomen.
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