Murray Johnson Published on stuff.co.nz 02/09/2020 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/122645593/christchurch-man-captured-on-video-beating-dog-with-wooden-plank A Christchurch man was captured on video beating his dog with a wooden plank so violently the animal suffered internal injuries. Murray Johnson on Wednesday pleaded guilty in the Christchurch District Court to breaching the Animal Welfare Act. He was sentenced to 150 hours of community work, ordered […]
Published on stuff.co.nz 16/06/2016 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/81147619/puppys-leg-amputated-after-beating-by-christopher-cross Neighbours used cellphones to record a puppy yelping in agony as Christopher John Cross beat it so badly the dog’s leg required amputation. The SPCA wants Cross, 26, of Woolston, Christchurch, to be banned for five years from owning an animal. He admitted a charge of wilful ill-treatment of the dog, causing serious injury, in the Christchurch
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Published on stuff.co.nz on April 7 2016 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/78634500/te-kuiti-man-convicted-of-badly-beating-his-dog A Te Kuiti man has been banned from owning dogs for 10 years after being found guilty of badly beating his dog. Tautu Thompson, 23, was convicted on Wednesday in the Te Kuiti District Court and sentenced to four months’ community detention, disqualified from owning dogs for 10 years, fined