Mother-of-two given lifetime ban from owning pets after dogs found starving

A mother-of-two has been spared jail but was given a lifetime pet ban after her two dogs were found in emaciated and starving conditions.

Kelly Bennett, with an address at Glenshane Grove, Tallaght, Dublin wept in court as she was prosecuted today for neglecting her three-old Jack Russell terrier named Buddy and Jessie a now 12-year-old boxer, who have since been placed in new homes.