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STV News
23-06-2025
- STV News
Four dogs, hedgehog and snake found in 'shocking' house covered in faeces
A man who kept four dogs, a hedgehog, and a snake in 'shocking conditions' in his home has been banned from owning pets for four years. Scott Trist, from Inverness, pled guilty to failing to provide veterinary assessment and treatment for a hedgehog suffering from an obvious and painful eye condition. Investigators from the Scottish SPCA attended Trist's home in Whitebridge following a complaint to their helpline raising concerns about living conditions for dogs at the property, including a large amount of faeces in the rear garden. Trist refused to let officers enter or inspect the garden before a warrant was issued. Seven animals were rescued from 'almost inconceivable' conditions surrounded by faeces and urine at Trist's home in Whitebridge, on April 26 last year. Three dogs, a female German Shepherd cross, a female Dogue de Bordeaux cross, and a male Presa Canario type, were found living on a floor heavily soiled with dog excrement. SSPCA Hedgehog found by SSPCA inspectors A section of the room had been fenced off, forming a pen saturated with feces and urine, and a six-month-old female crossbreed puppy was discovered so frightened she was attempting to hide under a cabinet. A visibly underfed seven-foot boa constrictor was found in Trist's dog faeces-covered home, in an enclosure strewn with numerous dead, uneaten chicks. Officers also discovered an African pygmy hedgehog in a vivarium that lacked any form of heating or lighting, with no food inside. The animal had a visibly inflamed injury to her right eye and a noticeable lump on her front right leg. Trist was sentenced at Inverness Sheriff Court on Thursday, where he was given a four-year disqualification from owning or keeping animals and was also sentenced to 210 hours of unpaid community service. An SSPCA inspector report added: 'Upon entering the living room, we were met with overwhelming evidence of neglect. 'The garden was covered in dog faeces, and alongside the wall of the house were numerous black bin bags full of household waste and dog faeces. 'Upstairs, we found a small bedroom containing multiple reptile tanks. While most of the enclosures were empty, one large vivarium housed a boa constrictor measuring approximately seven feet in length. The snake was visibly underweight, and the enclosure was strewn with numerous dead, uneaten chicks. 'All animals were removed from the property under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006. 'This case highlights the severe consequences of neglect and the suffering that animals endure when people fail to meet even the most basic standards of care. We are relieved these animals are now safe and are now in the homes they deserve.' If you are concerned about the welfare of an animal, please contact the Scottish SPCA confidential animal helpline on 03000 999 999. Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
Press and Journal
23-06-2025
- Press and Journal
Pet ban for Highland man who kept animals in 'appalling' conditions
A man has been banned from keeping pets for four years after seven animals were rescued from the 'almost inconceivable' conditions of his filthy home. Scott Trist, 35, neglected four dogs, a hedgehog, a snake, and a fish, Inverness Sheriff Court was told. Animal welfare charity the Scottish SPCA discovered an underfed 7ft boa constrictor in Trist's dog faeces-covered home. A catfish that Trist mistakenly thought was dead at the time but was actually alive lay in an empty fish tank. SSPCA inspectors uncovered the concerns at the property on Thain Road, Whitebridge, near Inverness, during a visit on April 26 last year, following a complaint from a member of the public. The court heard that, at first, Trist had refused the inspectors access to his home but eventually agreed to let them in. An African pygmy hedgehog was rescued from another tank that contained no lighting, heating, or food, and the animal had eye and leg injuries. 'These are appalling conditions,' Sheriff Gary Aitken commented, with Trist's defence lawyer, Duncan Henderson, agreeing. However, Mr Henderson asked Sheriff Aitken to treat his client's case as 'neglect and not active cruelty'. Mr Henderson added: 'He is struggling with his mental health, but the conditions should have been painfully obvious to him.' The lawyer representing the offender confirmed that there were no other animals in Trist's house, but said he drove his partner's three horses in a horsebox. Mr Henderson asked that any animal ban slapped on his client not be applied to transporting the horses, adding there were no concerns about their welfare. Trist pled guilty to three charges. They included: Trist, who now lives in Fichty, Farr, was ordered to carry out 210 hours of unpaid work in the community. 'It is almost inconceivable that anyone could live in conditions like this, let alone keep entirely dependent animals in these conditions and not realise anything was grossly wrong,' the sheriff told the offender. He was also given a stern warning that he would be jailed if he failed to complete the hours. 'You are very close to a prison sentence where you would be kept in a cage, except you would be fed and it kept clean,' Sheriff Aitken explained. 'If you were confined, then you would be kept in significantly better conditions than your animals.' Trist was also banned from keeping, caring for, or owning any animal for the next four years. However, he was allowed to continue transporting the horses. Reacting to the sentencing, an SSPCA spokesperson said Trist's case was an example of the 'severe consequences' of animal neglect. They added that during their search of Trist's property last year, inspectors found one of the dogs, a six-month-old puppy named Sadie, so frightened that she was 'desperately' attempting to hide. 'Upon entering the living room, we were met with overwhelming evidence of neglect,' they said. Since the visit, all of Trist's animals have been rehomed. 'We are relieved these animals are now safe and are now in the homes they deserve, ' the spokesperson added.
India Gazette
30-05-2025
- Sport
- India Gazette
Former New Zealand coach David Trist passes away at 77
Christchurch [New Zealand], May 30 (ANI): David Trist, the former New Zealand cricket coach who led the team to victory in the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy, now known as the Champions Trophy, has passed away at the age of 77, as per ESPNcricinfo. Trist enjoyed a 14-year playing career as a pace bowler for Canterbury before transitioning into coaching. His coaching journey included stints with Canterbury, South Africa, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands, before he took charge of the New Zealand national side in 1999, succeeding Steve Rixon. Although his tenure lasted just two years, Trist played a pivotal role in securing New Zealand's first major ICC title. Under his guidance, the team triumphed over India by four wickets in the final in Nairobi, with Chris Cairns anchoring the chase with an unbeaten century. That victory marked a historic moment for New Zealand cricket, later followed by their 2021 World Test Championship triumph. 'Cairns was outstanding, and played an innings that he will remember forever, because it was the winning of the game,' Trist told in an interview with ESPNcricinfo in 2017. 'But the feeling was we could do it, and we had to do it. That was what pervaded the dressing room - although there were moments of concern, quite clearly, with losing wickets early and one or two other batsmen not quite doing what they had done previously,' he added, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo. 'But Cairns' innings was one of his greatest, if not his greatest, innings, in so much as it won basically the only thing New Zealand has ever won. He could take the game away from you. He was a big hitter, but he was also technically very sound. He wasn't unsettled by fast bowling, and against spin he was positive,' he noted. 'I think in the latter stage of that innings, the Indians went from 'We've won this' to 'Oh shit!' And Chris went on, of course, to get a hundred. It was a huge innings, and probably one of the most important innings in terms of New Zealand that we've witnessed,' he said. 'I look back on it as pleasing for the players in the first instance, and a special moment for New Zealand. Even though they were only three matches, they were very testing ones: Zimbabwe in Africa, and then us as underdogs beating two of the powerhouses of world cricket on a fair and equal environment - we caused one of the bigger upsets in one-day cricket finals,' he reflected on the title, where New Zealand beat Zimbabwe and Pakistan before facing India. Following his time with the national side, Trist continued to contribute to the sport as the coaching director at Christchurch's Old Collegians Cricket Club. He also took on coaching roles in both India and England. 'NZC is deeply saddened to confirm the passing of former Blackcaps coach David Trist, who died in Christchurch yesterday, aged extends its heartfelt condolences to David's family and friends,' New Zealand Cricket said in a statement on social media. (ANI)
Otago Daily Times
30-05-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Champions Trophy-winning Black Caps coach dies
David Trist. Former Black Caps coach David Trist has died aged 77. New Zealand Cricket posted on social media confirming Trist died in Christchurch on Thursday. NZC said it was "deeply saddened to confirm the passing of former Black Caps coach David Trist, who died in Christchurch yesterday, aged 77", with the organisation extending its "heartfelt condolences to David's family and friends". A former Canterbury pace bowler, Trist coached the New Zealand men's team from 1999 to 2001, during which time they won the ICC Champions Trophy in Nairobi. Trist was born in September 1947 in Christchurch and he played 24 first-class games for Canterbury between 1968-69 and 1977-78. After he stopped playing Trist moved into coaching and helped guide Eastern Province to victory in South Africa's Currie Cup in 1989. He also coached Hong Kong at the 1997 ICC Trophy and the Netherlands as well as Auckland. Trist replaced Steve Rixon as the Black Caps coach in 1999.
Otago Daily Times
30-05-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Former Black Caps cricket coach dies
David Trist. Former Black Caps coach David Trist has died aged 77. New Zealand Cricket posted on social media confirming Trist died in Christchurch on Thursday. NZC said it was "deeply saddened to confirm the passing of former Black Caps coach David Trist, who died in Christchurch yesterday, aged 77", with the organisation extending its "heartfelt condolences to David's family and friends". A former Canterbury pace bowler, Trist coached the New Zealand men's team from 1999 to 2001, during which time they won the ICC Champions Trophy in Nairobi. Trist was born in September 1947 in Christchurch and he played 24 first-class games for Canterbury between 1968-69 and 1977-78. After he stopped playing Trist moved into coaching and helped guide Eastern Province to victory in South Africa's Currie Cup in 1989. He also coached Hong Kong at the 1997 ICC Trophy and the Netherlands as well as Auckland. Trist replaced Steve Rixon as the Black Caps coach in 1999.
