Salt Lake City, UT (ABC 4 News)- The sentencing for a Utah man accused of beating, kicking and stomping his ex-girlfriends dog has been pushed back to March.
Anthony Spidle plead guilty to a third degree felony charge of animal torture. He is the first Utah adult to be convicted under the new animal cruelty laws.
prosecutors say Spidle beat the dog with a skateboard, recording the animals cries on the ex-girlfriends answering machine. The dog suffered injuries to her brain, eyes, bones and internal organs.
Spidle says he tortured the six month old dog because his girlfriend broke up with him.
