A KINGSTEIGNTON person has been found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a greyhound.

Emily May Mace, aged 22, of Little Barton, pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, a male greyhound named Blake, by not preventing him from being attacked by their other dogs.

Mace was found guilty after electing for a Summary Trial and South and West Devon Magistrates’ Court Committed Mace to Exeter Crown Court for sentencing on May 22.