article_snippet.sent: Kevin Dixon was convicted of causing a friend's dog and was given a suspended prison sentence and banned from keeping animals for ten years.
article_snippet.sent: Kevin Dixon was convicted after a trial of causing a friend's dog, called Tempa (right), of unnecessary suffering .
article_snippet.sent: But Kevin Dixon was convicted by magistrates after further evidence was presented in a case brought by the RSPCA at trial earlier in the year.
article_snippet.sent: Chairman of the Bench Sue Collins, told Kevin Dixon Kevin Dixon actions were 'unacceptable' and Kevin Dixon had caused 'suffering to a friend's dog' but accepts 'Kevin Dixon is remorseful and didn't want to cause harm'.
article_snippet.sent: Kevin Dixon was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for two years.
article_snippet.sent: Kevin Dixon was disqualified from keeping animals for 10 years.
article_snippet.sent: Catherin McCullagh, for Kevin Dixon, said: 'Clearly Kevin Dixon's actions were undesirable if I can put it that way, as well as illegal.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Kevin Dixon was convicted of causing the animal unnecessary suffering and given a seven week suspended jail sentence and banned from keeping animals .
  