A man has been banned from keeping animals for life after a court heard that he caused unnecessary suffering to four dogs.
John James Wilson, 34, formerly of Bradford but now of Brooklands Close, Seacroft, Leeds, was also ordered to do 140 hours of community service and pay £150 in costs.
His girlfriend Julie Glister, 24, also of Brooklands Close, Seacroft, was put on probation for a year, banned from keeping animals for ten years, and ordered to pay £150 in costs.
Both had been convicted in their absence six weeks ago of four charges of causing unnecessary suffering to a dog by failing to provide proper care and attention.
Bradford magistrates heard police visited Wilson’s house in Langley Avenue, Bierley, last June, and found the back garden covered in dog excrement with three lurcher-type dogs in poor condition, with open sores, missing hair patches, and ribs showing.
Veterinary examinations confirmed the dogs had mites and were in poor health.
Both defendants claimed to be treating the dogs with benzyl benzoate bought from a chemist.
Two months later, police and an RSPCA inspector found another similarly suffering dog.
Mr Irvine, prosecuting, stated that police found the dogs in a bad state, with Wilson treating them himself, and that both were convicted after failing to care properly for the animals.
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
24, also of Brooklands Close, Seacroft, was put on probation for a year, banned from keeping animals for ten years, and ordered to pay 150 in costs. Both had been convicted in their absence six weeks ago of four charges of causing unnece...
Disqualification or ban
life
A man has been banned from keeping animals for life after a court heard that he caused unnecessary suffering to four dogs
Fine or payment
a year
His girlfriend Julie Glister, 24, also of Brooklands Close, Seacroft, was put on probation for a year, banned from keeping animals for ten years, and ordered to pay 150 in costs
Disqualification or ban
ten years
His girlfriend Julie Glister, 24, also of Brooklands Close, Seacroft, was put on probation for a year, banned from keeping animals for ten years, and ordered to pay 150 in costs
