Molly Ticehurst’s puppy beaten to death before her murder, police allege

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Before the alleged execution of Molly Ticehurst, determination was an earlier heartbreak – the decease of her caller puppy.

Ticehurst, 28, was allegedly murdered successful her Forbes location past week by erstwhile spouse Daniel Billings, who was connected bail for a raft of superior offences including 3 counts of intersexual intercourse without consent and 4 counts of stalking oregon intimidating Ticehurst.

Molly Ticehurst (left) and her accused killer, Daniel Billings.

He was besides charged with aggravated carnal cruelty successful narration to Ticehurst’s puppy.

Billings, 29, allegedly told Ticehurst astatine the extremity of past twelvemonth that helium killed the 12-week-old dachshund puppy connected a roadworthy adjacent a motortruck stop, according to sources with nonstop cognition of the substance but not authorised to talk publicly.

Sources with cognition of the lawsuit against Billings, who were not authorised to remark publicly, accidental the puppy was killed with a blunt instrument.

According to a tribunal transcript, Billings maintained his innocence erstwhile helium was granted bail for the intersexual assault, stalking and carnal cruelty charges.

Molly Ticehurst’s alleged murderer, Daniel Billings, was released connected bail conscionable weeks agone aft being accused of sexually assaulting her.

“He denies the allegations which are earlier the tribunal today,” his solicitor Bridget Byrnes told the registrar presiding implicit Dubbo Local Court connected April 6.

Sources accidental that Billings planned to support the allegation of carnal cruelty by saying that helium had euthanised the puppy due to the fact that it was suffering horrific injuries precocious astatine nighttime and determination was nary vet available.

“The alleged execution of Molly Ticehurst pursuing the aggravated carnal cruelty allegedly perpetrated against her puppy highlights wherefore courts, governments and services indispensable recognise that carnal maltreatment is simply a high-risk origin for homicide,” said Monique Dam, the CEO of Lucy’s Project, the highest assemblage for improving entree to home unit services for radical with animals.

“Men who perpetrate home and household unit volition often harm and termination animals arsenic portion of a signifier of coercive control, to intimidate and inflict affectional and intelligence harm connected women, LGBTQ+ radical and children,” said Dam.

“We request to bid carnal payment workers and veterinary professionals to recognise home and household unit perpetrated against animals and to respond and notation radical connected for support.”

The Central West municipality volition clasp Ticehurst’s ceremonial connected Thursday. Several businesses person telegraphed their volition to adjacent for the day arsenic the municipality farewells the childcare idiosyncratic and parent who had called it location for adjacent to 10 years.

The concern charged with Molly’s ceremonial and backstage cremation warned past week of a fake livestream of the ceremonial circulating connected Facebook.

“Please nary 1 judge immoderate friends petition from america to presumption a livestream. We don’t invitation you to a leafage to ticker a livestream we don’t adjacent advertise if we are going to livestream,” said Michael Hanley’s Funerals and cremations successful a Facebook post.

“We don’t cognize a mode to halt this from happening and are truthful atrocious that scammers are doing this.”