Thursday 2 March 2017

Man allegedly abused his dog outside a Beresfield service station

BY JESSICA ROUSE

Police are still investigating a man who allegedly kicked and punched his dog outside the BP service station on John Renshaw Drive on Monday night.

A witness told police the man punched his Staffordshire Terrier 4 or 5 times in the head, at about 10pm when it jumped out of the rear seat of his car.

The dog yelped in pain before the man threw the dog back into car.

Not long after, the dog jumped out again receiving the same traumatic treatment it had already suffered.

According the witness, the dog continued to yelp in pain and was tied up by a choker collar in the rain for some time.

Police attended the scene and interviewed the man, but didn't lay any charges at the time.

Police say there were no obvious or serious injuries on the dog after the alleged incident.