A SOUTHALL man was banned from keeping all animals for five years after his two emaciated dogs died.

Sanjeev Gill, 44, of Lancaster Road, was sentenced at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court last week (26) following an RSPCA investigation.

Insp Mike Beaman was called by colleagues at an RSPCA Animal Hospital in November 2019 after Gill arrived with two dead dogs, a two-year-old male Akita called Cuba and a four-year-old male German Shepherd, Max, who appeared to be emaciated.

He claimed one of the dogs had gone missing the day before and he then discovered the pair dead in a communal area near his homea, so he took them to the RSPCA clinic where they were registered.

The vet said Max’s coat was dirty and covered in mud. He didn’t have any obvious skin lesions and he had diarrhoea faeces stuck to his pelvis and hind limbs.

Cuba’s coat was also dirty and covered in mud, as well as having lesions on the tips of his ears and a wound on his left thigh.

A post mortem on the dogs did not reveal any underlying medical conditions which could have been the cause of their emaciation.

Following the sentencing, Insp Beaman said: “This was an incredibly tragic case involving the death of two dogs which could have easily been avoided if they had received the adequate diet they needed.”

Gill was sentenced to a community order for 12 months, with a condition of 160 hours of unpaid work.

He was also ordered to pay £1,000 costs, a £90 victim surcharge and was disqualified from keeping all animals for five years.