Man who abused his dog with 'depraved brutality' given lifetime ban from owning animals

Court heard that after a year of rehabilitation, the husky dog had to be euthanised after becoming aggressive when it regained confidence

Video footage captured a man 'physically abusing a husky dog'. File picture: David Cheskin/PA Wire

A dog owner caught on camera abusing his pet husky in a manner which a judge said “borders on depraved brutality” avoided jail but was handed a lifetime ban from owning animals.

Alex Taffe, of Edenmore Park, Raheny, received a four-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to failing to safeguard the welfare of his one-and-a-half-year-old husky, Simba, under the Animal Health and Welfare Act.