Bulldog Feud Turned Fatal | Auckland News

Auckland News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 4, 2026 · 1m

A Waiuku man, Bevan Cathcart, has been convicted of murder for the brutal beating death of Judith Cunniffe in April 2025 — a violent clash rooted in a feud over pets, with Cathcart’s bulldog and Cunniffe’s chickens at the center. The attack erupted after Cunniffe threatened to have the dog destroyed and was trying to document Cathcart’s trespass when he launched a savage assault, leaving her with multiple facial fractures. He later dumped her body in her car, doused it in bleach, and confessed in jail: “I just smashed her.” While defense cited meth levels in her system, prosecutors insisted…