Horrifying CCTV has emerged of the shocking moment a mother slammed her dog repeatedly against a brick wall in what RSPCA inspectors described as one of most confronting incidents of animal cruelty they’ve seen.

Linda Marie Deworboies, 47 was sentenced to 15 months jail over the sickening act in Leonora near Kalgoorlie, 830km north-east of Perth, on New Year’s Day 2022. 

The shocking footage, captured by CCTV at a nearby post office, showed the pet owner walking on a street next to her child while holding her dog Buster by his legs. 

Deworboies then slammed Buster into the wall several times before she punched the helpless animal in the stomach.

She continued to swing Buster by his leg before he was punched again.

The mother and child then continued walking along the street as Deworboies carried the dog.

Buster sustained serious leg injuries, but was left in pain for 30 days before he was eventually taken to the vet.  

Vets immediately arranged for Buster to be treated, but he could not be saved, even after he had his leg amputated. 

Buster was euthanised four months later.  

An RSPCA inspector had earlier visited Deworboies’ home and saw that the dog was not able to walk properly.

Deworboies was charged after a police officer, who reviewed the horrifying footage, recognised the woman. 

She appeared in Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court on Wednesday, where she was convicted under two sections of the Animal Welfare 2002, for being cruel to an animal. 

Deworboies was also banned for life from owning domestic animals. 

The court heard that Deworboies previously breached her bail conditions that prevented her from being alone with animals, the West Australian reported. 

The court also heard about a previously unrelated incident when a ranger saw her pick up a small dog by the legs before she threw it into a car. 

Buster (pictured) sustained serious leg injuries and had to be euthanised in May 2022 after he had one of his legs amputated

The ranger visited her home to remove an adult dog and two puppies out of her care, while she was on bail. 

During a separate incident, a police officer saw her throwing a rock at another dog. 

Magistrate Janie Gibbs said Deworboies did not show any remorse for her actions, which she said became evident when she denied assaulting Buster. 

Deworboies had previously claimed she was not in Leonora when the incident happened. 

Ms Gibbs said the woman posed a serious risk to animals and said her behaviour was unacceptable.  

‘They say a picture can paint a thousand words. To say this footage is confronting, is an understatement,’ she said. 

‘It is violent, it is callous. It is significantly aggravated by the fact a child — your child — was present and watched what you did to Buster’.

Deworboies was captured on CCTV footage slamming Bester against the brick wall several times before she punched him in the stomach (pictured)

Ms Gibbs dismissed the woman’s claims that she took her frustrations out on Buster because she was stressed and people allegedly wanted to fight her. 

RSPCA WA Inspector Manager Kylie Green said the CCTV footage was one of the most confronting incidents of animal cruelty she had ever seen. 

‘This was a cruel, deliberate, prolonged attack on a small dog,’ Ms Green said.

‘Buster would have been suffering physical pain and emotional trauma through the whole ordeal’.

An animal cruelty charge carries a maximum penalty of a $50,000 fine and a five year jail sentence if a person is convicted of the offence in WA. 

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