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Article: Pet dog was beaten and then hanged.(News)
- Article from:
- Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
- Article date:
- May 7, 2003
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Byline: By Owen McAteer
Court told the collie's body later set on fire
This loveable pet dog was beaten, hanged from a tree, choked and then set alight in one of Britain's worst cases of animal cruelty.
Jack the collie suffered horrifically in the minutes leading up to his death, a court heard.
Solicitor Clive McKeag, told Sunderland magistrates: "The story you will hear would sicken any right-thinking, civilised ...