Man caught on CCTV beating dog with mop

A man has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years after magistrates heard how he’d used a mop to attack a dog.

Adam Wardle was caught on CCTV punching and kicking the three-year-old tan mastiff cross, called Bobby, before continuing his cowardly attack by using a mop handle on the canine.

Wardle, 23, of Bondfield Crescent, Barnsley pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to the dog under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and appeared for sentencing at Barnsley Magistrates’ Court on October 11.