Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A Greater Manchester Police firearns officer who was sentenced for animal cruelty after punching a puppy is not suspended but will now be subject an internal investigation it has been confirmed.
Sergeant Martin Dunn punched the five-month-old spring spaniel called Frank several times in his garden after it pooed on his lounge carpet leading him to 'see red' a court heard.
Harrowing footage of him the attack was played in court, in which he could be heard to scream 'you little b*****d' at the pup before reigning down a number of blows, leaving the dog yelping in pain.
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