Dog owner is banned after starving terrier

A Peterhead man has been banned from owning animals for five years after starving his dog and not treating it to fight a womb infection.

Paul Rogers, 47, received the ban at Peterhead Sheriff Court on Thursday and was also give a six-month supervision order.

He plead guilty to failing to provide a suitable diet to his Staffordshire bull terrier, Bonnie, who had to be put down.

Scottish SPCA inspector Lesley Crockett said the terrier had been severely emaciated and also had a mammary and suspected thyroid tumours.