British Man Sentenced to Jail for Beating Puppy to Death

British Man Sentenced to Jail for Beating Puppy to Death
A Labrador retriever at the American Kennel Club's Nation's Most Popular Breeds Of 2015 competition at AKC Headquarters in New York, on Feb. 22, 2016. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
Richard Szabo
Richard Szabo
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A British man will spend nearly six months behind bars after being found guilty on May 24 of beating a puppy dog to death.

Oxford Magistrates Court sentenced 27-year-old scaffolder Callum Gerken from Wood Farm in Oxfordshire to 23 weeks in prison for the suffering he caused a 17-week-old Labrador called Shadow.

Richard Szabo
Richard Szabo
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Richard Szabo is an award-winning journalist with more than 12 years' experience in news writing at mainstream and niche media organizations. He has a specialty in business, tourism, hospitality, and healthcare reporting.
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