Decapitated dog found dumped in shallow ditch

The brown dog was found headless in a ditch in Broomfleet, East Yorkshire (Picture: Hull Live/MEN Media)

A dog is thought to have been ‘deliberately decapitated’ before being dumped in a shallow ditch in East Yorkshire.

The animal, a brown terrier or Staffordshire bull terrier-type dog, was found last Saturday by a walker in a rural area near Broomfleet at the junction of Common Road and Wallingfen Lane.

Its decomposing remains were wrapped in a black plastic bag and left in shallow water.