Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter This is the moment a Greater Manchester Police firearms officer punched a five-month puppy after it pooed on his living room carpet.
Sergeant Martin Dunn, 48, based at Manchester Airport, has now been sentenced for animal cruelty after he 'saw red' and attacked the Spring Spaniel, hitting it three or four times in his garden.
Harrowing footage of the incident was played at Leeds Magistrates' Court where Dunn was sentenced today (Friday April 23) reports Yorkshire Live.
Prosecutor Charles MacRae said Dunn, who had been drinking when the offence took place at around 10:30pm on March 14, could be heard shouting and swearing at the dog beforehand In the
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