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A woman who threw her dog from a second-floor car park confessed to the horrific act of cruelty on social media, saying she struggled to live with the guilt.
Amy Lea Judge, 26, callously threw her Maltese Shih-Tzu named Princess off the 9-metre high car park in Westfield Whitford City, north of Perth, in April last year.
She pleaded guilty at Midland Magistrates Court and was sentenced on Tuesday to eight months in prison for animal cruelty, and a further two months for other unrelated matters.
Confrontational CCTV footage released by RSPCA WA on Tuesday shows Judge walking back and forth with the princess in her arms before launching the helpless dog over the edge.
Princess landed on the lower level of the parking garage, where she was found by a passerby who took her to the vet, thinking she had been hit by a car.
She was put down after suffering internal bleeding, brain injuries and spinal and pelvic trauma.
Amy Lea Judge (pictured) threw her female Maltese Shih-Tzu named Princess off the 9-metre high car park in Westfield Whitford City, north of Perth, in April last year
The judge confessed to the shocking act in a Facebook post
She was also not allowed to own any animal for ten years.
According to RSPCA WA, the judge had confessed to the horrific crime on Facebook.
“I can't live with the guilt,” she wrote
'I threw my dog from the top floor of a shopping center car park and watched her fall to her death, but she survived and had to be put down because of the serious injuries I had caused her and all the damage I had caused.
'I killed my dog. I need the truth, it's… it's tearing me apart. I can't live with the guilt anymore.'
Judge later deleted the message and told an RSPCA WA inspector that her account had been hacked.
Magistrate Mark Millington said the judge left the pet for dead in what he described as a 'planned, deliberate and deliberate act'. Perth Now reported.
It was also found that Judge showed a lack of remorse, blamed others and made excuses for her shocking behavior.
RSPCA WA inspectors manager Kylie Green said the case was “one of the most distressing I have seen in my 11 years as an inspector”.
The judge was sentenced on Tuesday to eight months in prison for animal cruelty and a further two months for other unrelated matters
'Dogs can be so trusting and trust their owners to keep them safe. I can't think of a more disgusting violation of that trust.
“Today's outcome provides some justice for the pain and terror the poor princess endured in her final hours.”
Earlier this year, Judge's 23-year-old partner, Scott Frost, was fined $2,500 and banned from owning animals for three years for failing to seek veterinary care for the animal.
The judge was eligible for parole.
Princess was put down after internal bleeding, brain injuries and spinal and pelvic trauma