Man who beat Chihuahua gets suspended sentence
A man who beat a Chihuahua with a mop pole during a fight with another man has been given a suspended sentence.
Londonderry Magistrates' Court was told the dog was left with such severe injuries following the "horrific attack" it had to be put down.The defendant admitted hitting the dog and said it had "got in the way".The court was told that on the day of the attack, the woman who owned the dog contacted police to say that Keenan had used a piece of wood to beat her Chihuahua.
The two men began fighting with each other and in the course of the fight damage was caused to the property.In the course of the incident, the dog ran out and Keenan struck the dog with a mop pole he had in his hands.The owner of the property said she had received multiple phone calls from the two men asking her permission to go to her house as they were drunk and had nowhere else to go.
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