A woman who killed her son's dog with a samurai sword has been jailed.

Alicia Darcy, of Platt Avenue in Sandbach, appeared at Chester Crown Court on Friday, September 12, after pleading guilty to a charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal as well as possession of an offensive weapon in a private place at an earlier hearing.

The 54-year-old was sentenced to 18 months in prison and was given a disqualification order banning her from having anything to do with animals.

The court heard how on October 12, 2024, Darcy called police intoxicated to say her son's dog had attacked her and she had killed it.

Officers attended the scene to find a dog on the sofa in a sleeping position with a samurai sword embedded in its torso.

She admitted to police that she stabbed the dog while it was resting on the couch.

PC Charlotte Owen said: "This was a very distressing case for everyone involved.

"The level of cruelty was abhorrent.

"She left the dog to die with the sword embedded in it.

"It is incomprehensible how someone could not only inflict such violence on an animal but then be so callous as to leave it to suffer."

The Samurai sword was seized for destruction.

Alicia Darcy, of Platt Avenue in Sandbach (Credit: Cheshire Police)