Puppy killer sent to jail

An animal killer has been jailed because someone was watching when he threw a dog and six puppies off a remote Northland river bridge on December 14 last year.

Lance Crequer, 50, was sentenced to four months imprisonment in Manukau District Court after pleading guilty to wilful ill-treatment of the animals, the SPCA said today.

The Kaikohe resident, now living in Manurewa, was disqualified from owning animals for five years. MORE>>