Solicitor for accused denies expenses and tells court docket shopper resides beneath a loss of life risk
Adam Watt
This is the Belfast man who has denied whacking a canine over the top with an iron bar and leaving it in a ditch to die.
Adam Watt was on account of go on trial at Ballymena Magistrates Court on January 24 however didn’t present as a result of he’s beneath a loss of life risk, his lawyer stated.
The court docket was additionally informed he had “received a beating from the UDA in 2018” and had not been again in Larne since, though he has a baby who lives there.
Watt, whose deal with in Belfast can’t be revealed, was to face trial for inflicting pointless struggling to a black crossbreed canine referred to as Diesel at a property on the Glenarm Road in Larne in August final yr.
Co-accused John Little, from Torr Gardens in Larne, did flip up, together with his lawyer saying the 19-year-old was pleading responsible to the identical cost as Watt.
The court docket was informed Watt blamed Little for the incident, during which the canine was struck with an iron crowbar and left to die in a ditch.
The animal made a full restoration and has since been rehomed with a loving household.
Adjourning the case in opposition to Watt to February 7, District Judge Nigel Broderick informed the defence he wished additional info from the police as as to if the alleged risk was actual.
He adjourned passing sentence in opposition to Little till March, pending a report.
