Heavy fines and disqualification for couple who caused unneccessary suffering to dog

A couple who caused unnecessary suffering to their dog have been sentenced at Croydon Magistrates’ Court. Steven Laws and Elaine Churcher, both aged 33, kept Ruby, a 2-3 year-old Dogue de Bordeaux, which had just reached physical maturity, at the house they shared in Waltham Road, Carshalton. But they failed to feed and exercise Ruby. […]