By Alex Ward PUBLISHED: 07:14 EST, 25 August 2012 | UPDATED: 11:03 EST, 25 August 2012 A woman is facing a jail sentence for slashing her dog’s head, nose and body 31 times before cutting herself and telling police it was an intruder. Kim Edmonds, 21, carried out the cruel attack on her springer spaniel Stig which left him mutilated with lacerations and burns in what a RSPCA inspector called the ‘worst attack’ she had ever seen. The unemployed woman from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to the dog on Friday and, pending a psychiatric report, the judge did not rule out a maximum sentence of six months in jail.
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Kim Edmonds was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to her dog
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She slashed her two Springer Spaniels, one sustained 31 lacerations and burns
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Pending a psychiatric report, Edmonds could serve a maximum of six months in jail
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After the attack she made an emergency call to police, claiming an intruder had attacked her and her dogs
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Investigators discovered her injuries were self-inflicted
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