A "sadistic" dad forced his children to eat their pet rabbit and strangled their dog in front of them during decades of abuse, a court heard. The 77-year-old thug put his kids through 15 years of ...

Mr Longworth said ‘They were forced to eat the family pet. He ruined them all.’ He told the court he also strangled a family dog in front of the children. The man, who had denied child cruelty ...