Man beats 'XL Bully' over the head with shovel on Hackney estate as neighbour warns 'this is not the first time'
A masked man who battered a dog 15 times over the head with a shovel was caught on camera by a neighbour in the flats above. Harrowing footage, taken from a home on Pembury Place in Hackney , shows a man in a green tracksuit armed with a garden spade whacking a large brown XL Bully-type dog over the head before sticking the garden tool in the dirt. The thumps could be heard across the estate and gave the dog a nose bleed. It prompted the video taker to call police who came and saved the beaten mutt, leading it out the garden and into the back of a police van. Footage taken of the rescue featured cheers from neighbours who said 'Aw he's beautiful', 'Aw he's got a bloody nose' and 'Aw look how friendly he is'. Alongside the video on X, crime awareness channel London and UK Street News wrote: "[The person filming] raised the alarm with police and was gathering evidence. This is not the first time. Please if anyone has any information I would be grat...