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Pc in court over police dog deaths


09.11.09

A police dog handler accused of leaving two of his German Shepherds to bake to death in his car is due to appear in court.

Pc Mark Johnson faces one charge of causing unnecessary suffering to the animals after he allegedly left the police dogs to die in the back of his car on June 30 of this year.

The 40-year-old is due to attend a hearing at Nottingham Magistrates' Court from 9.45am on Monday, accused of leaving his dogs, Jet, 10, and 18-month-old Jay-Jay, to die after he popped into Nottinghamshire Police's HQ in Arnold.

The prosecution is being brought by the RSPCA, which accuses Johnson of "unnecessarily confining them (his dogs) in an environment that was detrimental to their well-being".

The deaths happened on one of the hottest days of the year, when temperatures reached 29.3C (84.7F).

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