A bodybuilder strangled a dog in the back of a police car before assaulting the officer who wrestled the animal away from his abuse. Michael McCormack, 33, was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and assault of an emergency worker, reports Manchester Evening News.
The incident occurred in 2020, when officers were called to an address in Cheshire regarding reports of a 'domestic assault'. Stockport Magistrates Court heard McCormack's partner was arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, prosecutor James Hudson said.
PC Jackson and PC Martyn Stone, who is no longer a police officer, offered to drive McCormack to his sister's address in Manchester. The 33-year-old accepted their offer and brought the dog, whose age and breed was not disclosed in court, into the police car with him.
