The moment a teenager slammed his daughter's puppy to the ground in a drunken rage was captured in a shocking video.
Leon Robinson stormed to his ex's mum's house and battered the puppy he had bought his daughter for Christmas.
The video shows him picking up the four-month-old puppy, lifting it above his head and throwing it to the ground with force.
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Before he carries out the heartless attack he told a woman "I'm going to boot the dog".
The puppy, named Kyro, can be heard whimpering in pain and was rushed to an animal hospital in Greater Manchester.
Luckily the dog was not seriously injured but did show signs of being in pain when its leg was lifted.
Robinson appeared in the dock at Liverpool Magistrates' Court yesterday for causing unnecessary suffering to an animal on February 5, 2021.
Peter Mitchell, prosecuting, said after buying the dog for his daughter for Christmas he had split up with his girlfriend.
When Robinson went to the house in February this year he breached a non molestation order and was jailed for 22 weeks for also being in possession of an offensive weapon.
Mr Mitchell explained the RSPCA brought a separate charge as they felt it was "in the public interest to continue with this conviction" as "animals should be protected from this defendant in the future".
A vet said the puppy would have been in fear, distress and pain as a result of the incident.
Christopher Bivon, defending, said Robinson had "little recollection of the incident" but is "clearly appalled by what he has done".
He said Robinson had been "drinking heavily" and using "a lot of cannabis" but since his release from his custodial sentence had been "trying to keep himself clean".
Robinson, of Bell Lane, Sutton Manor, St Helens, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.
He was handed a 12 month community order and ordered to pay £200 costs and a £95 victim surcharge.
He was also ordered to complete 80 hours of unpaid work and banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
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