Paul Bibby
A local builder who shot his neighbour’s dog with a bow and arrow in South Golden Beach has been jailed after unsuccessfully appealing his conviction in the District Court.
Robert Bruce Stewart shot ‘Bucket’, a 10-month-old Wolfhound-Malamute cross, with a steel-tipped arrow on December 6, 2019.
The injury caused the death of the much-loved dog, and Stewart was subsequently found guilty of two animal cruelty charges, including recklessness and torture, in Byron Bay Local Court last October. Kris Thompson with his beloved friend Bucket whom he got as an eight-week-old puppy.
The 61-year-old then appealed his conviction in the District Court, and was allowed to remain on bail pending the outcome of that case.
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Subscriber only A FAR North Coast man, who was found guilty of animal cruelty, will be given his chance to appeal his conviction. Robert Bruce Stewart of South Golden Beach was found guilty of recklessly torturing and seriously injuring an animal in December. Robert Bruce Stewart, 60, leaves Ballina Court House on Thursday, October 22, 2020 after he was found guilty of recklessly torturing and seriously injuring an animal. Picture: Liana Boss It was found during a hearing in Byron Local Court Stewart had intentionally fired arrows at a 10-month-old Irish wolfhound x malamute puppy, named Bucket, who had entered the yard of his South Golden Beach home and was outside his chicken coop in December 2019.