Jake O’Dell, 25, was found not guilty of dousing Sammie — a female staffordshire bull terrier cross — in petrol and setting it alight because evidence suggests his cousin, Ben Rainey, also had the opportunity to do it.
Mr O’Dell did not appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court for the decision today.
Magistrate Fred Field found either Mr O’Dell or Mr Rainey, who were neighbours of Sammie’s owner Alice McDonnell, could have attacked Sammie at her West Croydon home in August 2009 — via ABC News
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Renee Purdie
13 October 2024 at 8.11 am
Is there y pictures of this Jake O’dell an so you know of his where abouts today?
Red Wolf
13 October 2024 at 9.21 am
Related articles are still available via ABC News, but the only one with photos shows the dog. It’s possible the Adelaide press included photos at the time, but anything online is gone, so you’d need to hit a library and trawl through their archives.