Ten-year ban on owning dogs for couple guilty of cruelty

 A sentence of 200 hour’s community service, £1,235 costs and a ten-year ban on owning any animal have been given to a couple who pleaded guilty to being cruel to a dog.

At York Magistrates Court on Tuesday 2 January Rudi Dear (aged 39 of St Aelreds Mews, Derwenthorpe, York) and Leanna Dear (aged 37 of the same address) pleaded guilty of failing to look after their pet dog and causing it unnecessary suffering.
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