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The man who was filmed hitting and swearing at his 18-month-old Staffordshire bull terrier, Butch, has apologised but believes he should be compensated for “an invasion of privacy”, after the footage was posted on a social networking site by the neighbour who filmed him. The footage caused outrage, resulting in a furious mob turning up at his house in Grimsby. He and his family were advised to leave their home in Grimsby and now live in Brent Park, London with family.

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Jonathan Bloomfield, a 37-year-old father, told a newspaper that his neighbour, 23-year-old Michael Currie, should have reported any concerns to the RSPCA instead of making and airing the video footage, stating that he should be “compensated for the invasion of privacy which has left my family homeless and denied my young son a better future.”

Referring to a claim in court that he had punched the dog after it bit his three-year-old son over a packet of crisps, Mr Bloomfield said that his crying son was holding out his hand, saying the dog bit him. “I was angry so I went out and bashed him,” he explained. “It is not in my nature to be cruel to animals and I know it was not the best way to go about things but I was upset.”

Mr Bloomfield commented that he was stressed from work and “sick of the dog barking”, something which he said the neighbours complained about. He claimed that the neighbours did not like his family because they are from London.

Mr Bloomfield said that after everything that had happened, and even when his 15 year ban ends, he would never have a dog again.