A Newcastle man who swung a dog in the air and hung it over a fence by its collar and lead has banned from owning or keeping any kind of animal for life.
Newcastle Magistrates’ Court was shown CCTV described as “sickening” by Deputy District Judge Katy Rafter of Jak Hurley hitting his dad’s six-month old Labradoodle puppy Bobby, dangling him in mid air by his lead and hanging him from a fence.
She described previous claims made by Hurley of Westgate Road, Newcastle, that his actions had been the result of a defective lead as “total rubbish”. And she added she was also “sceptical about how bad you feel about what you did because of what you said to probation in your interview; excuse after excuse, no apology.
