A DOG has been removed from a man after he was caught hitting the animal and dragging it by the collar.

Daniel Bayley, formerly of Kidlington, appeared at Oxford Magistrates Court on January 16 charged with one count of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.

The 42-year-old pleaded guilty to hitting the dog, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier called Bailey, and intentionally sitting on it.

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He would also drag the dog by its collar. He pleaded guilty on November 13.

It was ordered the dog was removed from Bayley, now of no fixed abode, and he was banned from owning an animal for five years.

He was also fined £200. There were court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £80.