Man admits kicking Jack Russell to death

A man has admitted kicking and punching a dog to death in an attack last summer.

Matthew Hammond, 32, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to the twoyear-old Jack Russell terrier at Thomas Telford Street in Langholm last July.

Hammond, now living in Carlisle, had previously denied the offence under the Animal Health and Welfare Act. Sentence at Dumfries Sheriff Court was deferred.