Pc found guilty over dog deaths

A POLICE dog handler whose two German shepherds died when they were left in a sweltering car has been found guilty of animal cruelty.

Pc Mark Johnson, 39, was convicted at Nottingham Magistrates' Court yesterday of having unnecessarily confined his dogs "in an environment that was detrimental to their well-being".

Johnson, who had denied the charge, said he was suffering from depression and obsessive compulsive disorder leading to him forgetting his dogs, 18-month-old Jay-Jay and Jet, seven, on 30 June last year. He was given a six-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay 2,500 costs.