Man threw dead dog at grandmother

A man who battered his grandmother's pet dog to death before throwing the animal's body at her has been warned he could go to prison.

Christopher Munns, 18, claimed he lost his temper after the Jack Russell terrier, Floss, bit him in March 2006.

Magistrates in Mildenhall, Suffolk, were told Munns had picked up a piece of wood with screws sticking out of it and hit the dog at least five times.

Munns, of Saham Hills, Norfolk, admitted causing unnecessary suffering.

Vet Alex Wylie told the court the dog would have been conscious and would have felt pain during its ordeal.