Murder at Crufts: 'No doubt' that prize-winning dog Jagger was 'maliciously poisoned'

Thendara Satisfaction, known as Jagger, died after eating poisoned beef, his owner claimed.

16:10 09 March 2015

One of the owners of Jagger, the prize-winning Irish Setter, said that there was 'no doubt' that their dog was 'maliciously poisoned' after the show. The dog died after leaving the Birmingham show and eating poisoned beef.

Co-owner Jeremy Bott said that he doesn’t think that the culprit was targeting his dog and may have been acting on “a grudge against dogs of the Crufts show.”

Mr Bott's wife, Dee Milligan-Bott, told BBC Radio 5 live: "I don't believe in my heart of hearts that this was another competitor or anyone involved in the dog world.

"I can only imagine that it was a random act that somebody premeditated and wanted to cause total distress at the best dog show in the world.

"It's not unknown for people to do things like this.

"He was a typical Irish Setter, totally trustworthy and so loved. We are devastated," she said.

"The Crufts committee and all championship show dog committees will have to look at security."

Jeremy added: "When the vet opened up his stomach, she found cubes of meat - some sort of beef-like steak - and they had been sewn up with poison inside.

"She thinks there were possibly two or three types of poison.

"I think she identified one as a slug killer. I would guess that the other would turn out to be a rat poison or some industrial type of poison."