Sudbury - Man jailed for dog cruelty

A man has been given a jail sentence relating to neglect and cruelty to dogs in Sudbury.

Justin Dyer (picured below), aged 43 and from Talbot Road in the town, was sentenced to 26 weeks in jail at Ipswich Magistrates Court on Saturday 5 November. He was also given an additional six-month jail sentence after breaching a suspended sentence for possession of a machete following an offence in 2021. This will run consecutively to the 26-week sentence and it equates to a year in custody.