A MAN who hurled a dog against a wall in a beer garden after hitting it and kicking it has been banned from keeping animals for three years.

Jamie Dennis Gordon Elsworthy, also known as Hill, admitted committing the offence in Woodend Road in Bournemouth on April 14 last year.

It took place in the beer garden of the Buffalo Bar when it was in Woodend Road in Winton. The bar has since been relocated.

Police issued a CCTV appeal at the time because officers were unable to identify Elsworthy or the owner of the dog.

The appeal appeared in the Daily Echo and prompted more than 100 readers to voice their anger.

Elsworthy pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, namely a dog, by throwing it against a wall, kicking it and hitting it when he appeared before Poole magistrates on Friday August 21.

The charge was brought under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

Police said the dog did not suffer any lasting injuries.

Elsworthy, 40, who now lives in Bath Road, Bournemouth was also given a community order with a rehabilitation activity requirement and ordered to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work in the next 12 months.

He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £85 and costs of £85.

Elsworthy also pleaded guilty to failing to surrender to custody at Poole magistrates’ court on August 9 last year.

He was ordered to carry out a further 100 hours of unpaid work.

A spokesperson for the RSPCA said: “This was an upsetting and shocking attack and no animal should be treated this way.”