Police investigating animal cruelty involving dog in Derry make second arrest

Police investigating a dog cruelty case in Londonderry have made a second arrest.

The 23-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of causing unnecessary suffering to animals. 

The dog had been buried up to its neck in a park and had a large piece of masonry placed on its head.

The police also carried out a search of an address.

Another man, aged 29, has been charged on Saturday at a sitting of Dungannon Magistrates' Court with causing unnecessary suffering to the dog and four counts of failing to take reasonable steps to ensure the needs of animals.

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