Dog torture conviction

TEXARKANA, Texas — A Texas appeals court affirmed the jury verdict of a man who threw his dog from a second-floor motel balcony, then yanked the dog off the ground via the leash coiled around its neck before slamming the dog to the pavement and kicking it in the face. Part of the attack was caught on video by a neighbor and the man was sentenced to three years in prison for cruelty that the appellate panel called “torture.”