AUDIO: Round-up of the latest Dorset court reports this week

This includes a man who beat his dog outside a Tesco store in Poole, a homeless man being banned from entering areas of Poole town centre during the day and a landlord who has slapped with an £8,500 fine for breaching housing regulation enforcement notices..

Criminal cases are continuing to be dealt with on a daily basis in our local courts at Poole Magistrates' Court and Bournemouth Crown Court, while people from the region have also been appearing in the dock in other parts of the country.

For a summary of what has been reported on over the past few days in print and online, listen to the audio round-up below.

And to read more about these cases click on the following links:

• Man spared jail time because of four year wait to be sentenced for "disgraceful assault"
• Bournemouth man sexually assaulted paramedic in ambulance
• Man who beat Husky in Poole is banned from owning animals
• Landlord who let eight people overcrowd Poole flat suitable for three is fined
• Man banned from Poole town centre and begging during the day

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