Some ECHO readers thought both the teen and the dog had been failed by society
ECHO readers have condemned as a "joke" the decision to spare a man from jail after he left his dog to die in a rubbish strewn flat.
The dog's owner, Phillip Boyer, 19, was prosecuted by the RSPCA and sentenced at Liverpool Magistrates Court last Tuesday, March 26. He was given a 17-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and banned from keeping all animals for five years. Tracy Brown Longworth agreed with Amy. She said: "The suffering of that poor dog. He should be banned from owning an animal for life. Surprise surprise not sent to jail again!"Similar views were aired on the ECHO website. Jessica Harris said: "When are owners actually going to be prosecuted, sent to prison for the animal cruelty they commit? Suspended sentenced for letting that poor dog die in horrendous condition. He would be in prison if it was a baby/child.
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