Man appears in court charged with cruelty and fraud after 37 dogs found dead at 'Save a Paw UK' rescue centre during police raid over 'missing animals'…
A dog rescue centre owner appeared in court today charged with four offences of animal cruelty and fraud after the remains of 37 dead dogs were found at his premises.
Police, RSPCA officers and council staff raided Save A Paw UK in Crays Hill, Essex, on Tuesday following concerns about 'missing' pets at the organisation run from Oaveed Rahman's home.
Southend Magistrates Court heard that Rahman, 25, who gave his first name as Obi, took in animals from owners who could no longer keep them, with the promise of rehoming them for a fee.
He is charged with one count of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal between November 1, 2024, and May 14, 2025, by a failure to act, in that he failed to keep alive 37 dogs, and he knew or ought to have known the effects or likely effects.
It was also alleged that between December 25, 2024, and May 1, 2025, he falsely represented to a woman that he was running a charitable organisation involved in the rehoming of dogs intending to cause her a loss or a risk of a loss.
A second fraud charge, relating to a period between November 28, 2024, and May 14, 2025, started he fraudulently represented that he had rehomed a dog, intending to cause an individual a loss or a risk of a loss.
The third fraud charge was that between January 31 and May 14, 2025, Rahman fraudulently represented that he had rehomed another dog causing an individual a loss or a risk of loss.
Rahman, dressed in a grey tracksuit, denied all four charges.
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