A Kambah man has been charged with cruelty to animals after allegedly injuring a guard dog during a burglary in the Canberra suburb of Mitchell.
Twenty-year-old Joseph Bruce Applebee is accused of breaking into a panel-beating business in Mitchell with several other people.
Police say Applebee broke the leg of a nine-year-old German shepherd during the raid. He is facing charges of aggravated burglary and cruelty to animals.
It is also alleged Applebee damaged two cars, stole another vehicle and drove it without a licence.
The court heard Applebee had breached his bail conditions, and had a number of outstanding charges against him.
Magistrate Shane Madden said Applebee had blown his chance to spend Christmas with family and ordered him to remain in custody until his next court appearance.
Update March 23, 2018:
Joseph Bruce Applebee pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery, stealing a car, and damaging property in January 2005.
He told police in his initial interview he had nothing to do with harming the dog, and those charges were eventually dropped.
In March 2005 he was sentenced to the time served since his arrest the previous December, for the theft and property damage charges.
The sentence on the aggravated robbery charge was deferred until later in the year to give Applebee time to show he had turned his life around.
In September 2005 Justice Terry Connolly placed Applebee on a 12-month good behaviour order for the aggravated burglary charge and ordered him to pay $187 in reparations to the affected business.
