Owner in court after dog left in hot car

A man who left his dog in the car boot on the hottest day of the year has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years.

On 19 June 2025, the hottest day of the year at that time, (32 degrees Celsius) police attended Wordsworth Road, Slough, as members of the public had reported a German Shepherd dog being left locked in a car boot from 8am onwards. Police attended at 12.50pm and found a dog locked in the boot of the suspect vehicle.

Jawad Nadeem, the registered owner of the vehicle, was then located on the same road, where he was currently staying. He was the person who at the time on police body cam, admitted he had left the dog locked in the boot of his car for what he then claimed was at least three hours. The dog in question was then seized by the police and subsequently taken into possession by Slough Borough Council.

Upon the removal from the car boot the dog was found to be distressed, dehydrated and overheating. The dog was immediately taken to a local vet clinic for treatment, where it was discovered, the dog also had an untreated degenerative condition on its rear leg, which required surgery.

On 20 June 2025, the following day, neighbours again reported to the police and council officers that Jawad Nadeem had placed another German Shepherd dog in a small wire crate in the rear garden of an address in Wordsworth Road in direct sunlight.

Police officers and a council officer attended the address, however both Jawad Nadeem and the dog had then left the property. After investigating further, Jawad Nadeem was then traced to the Royal Holloway, University of London. Both the police and a council officer attended Royal Holloway University and managed to locate Jawad Nadeem on the premises where he was arrested. However, at this time he claimed he had left the dog at another address in the Uxbridge area.

Jawad Nadeem was then formally questioned under caution at Maidenhead Police Station where he gave a “no comment interview” and refused to tell officers where he had dropped the dog off to that he had in his possession earlier that day.

Despite this, Slough Borough Council, based on the evidence obtained by Ian Blake (investigating officer), charged Jawad Nadeem with breach of Section 4 Unnecessary Suffering and Section 9 Duty of Care of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

On 20 February 2026 Jawad Nadeem attended Slough Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded not guilty to these offences. However, he later changed his plea to guilty.

During sentencing at Reading Magistrates’ Court on 27 April 2026 where the matter was presided over by District Judge Sandhu, Jawad Nadeem claimed in mitigation that he needed a dog for his work.

Jawad Nadeem was sentenced as follows:

The German Shepherd in question was the only dog that could be located. However, since removal from Jawad Nadeem this dog made a full recovery and had his necessary surgery. Since then, he has been rehomed as a family pet.

Ian Blake, the council’s Housing Special Projects Manager, said: “This was a particularly difficult case due to Jawad Nadeem’s level of wilful cruelty to the dogs involved and his refusal to cooperate and to disclose where he was hiding the dog that was not seized.

“It was also believed that there were more than just these two dogs involved in this as Jawad Nadeem appeared to be operating as a so-called Security Dog Handler regularly transporting dogs in this activity.

“The council is happy with the sentence given and pleased that the German Shepherd is now living a happy life, away from the cruelty of his past.”