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Man jailed for killing his dog with hammer after it attacked child

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Court in Belfast hears Wayne McGrath inflicted ‘unimaginable pain’ on his pet

A man who bludgeoned his dog to death with a hammer and burnt the remains after it mauled an eight-year-old girl has been jailed for four months.Magistrates’ Court heard Wayne McGrath inflicted “unimaginable pain” on the American Bulldog-type dog which left the child scarred and traumatised.

The girl was mauled while the dog was off the lead at Kinnaird Avenue, north Belfast in May last year. Witnesses described seeing it drag her by the hair. The child was taken to hospital for treatment to a puncture mark to her head and a further 15 wounds, bites or slashes to her body, the court heard.

 

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