By The Canadian Press

Duncan man receives 4-month sentence for fatally beating puppy

Feb 19, 2018 | 11:12 AM

VANCOUVER — A Vancouver Island man has been sentenced to jail for fatally beating a four-month-old puppy.

The BC chapter of the SPCA says Robert Carolan of Duncan was handed a sentence of four months, is banned from owning animals for 10 years and was placed on probation for three years.

SPCA spokeswoman Marcie Moriarty said necropsy results for the mixed-breed puppy show it suffered blunt force trauma to its head and right rib.

Probable cause of death was listed as related to the rib injury, which stopped the puppy from fully inflating its lungs.

The SPCA’s investigation found Carolan claimed the puppy accidentally drowned after he placed it in a bathtub and left the room, but the society said Carolan couldn’t explain the dog’s other significant injuries.

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