A Slough man has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years after leaving a German Shepherd locked in his car boot for hours during the hottest day of 2025. On 19 June 2025, members of the public reported a German Shepherd confined in a car boot on Wordsworth Road from around 8am, as temperatures climbed to 32 degrees Celsius. Jawad Nadeem later admitted to police that he had left the dog locked in the boot for at least three hours. Officers found the distressed animal at 12:50pm.
The dog was dehydrated and overheating when it was freed from the vehicle. A vet also discovered an untreated degenerative leg condition that required surgery. Slough Borough Council took possession of the animal, which has since made a full recovery and been rehomed as a family pet. The following day, neighbours spotted a second German Shepherd in a small wire crate placed in direct sunlight in the garden of the same address. By the time police and council officers arrived, Nadeem had fled with the dog.
He was tracked to Royal Holloway, University of London, and arrested. In a no-comment interview at Maidenhead Police Station, he refused to say where he had taken the second animal. On 27 April 2026 at Reading Magistrates’ Court, Nadeem received a community order with 200 hours of unpaid work and was ordered to pay £5,216 in costs and a victim surcharge. District Judge Sandhu imposed the decade-long disqualification covering all aspects of animal ownership and dealing.
Ian Blake, Housing Special Projects Manager at Slough Borough Council, said the case was particularly challenging because of 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.” The council believes Nadeem may have been operating as a so-called security dog handler.
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