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Desmond Hague, Puppy-Kicking CEO, Gets $5,000 Fine And Banned For 3 Years From Owning Animals

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 15 Apr, 2015 09:06 PM

VANCOUVER — The former CEO of a company that provides catering services to sports venues across North America has been sentenced on an animal cruelty charge.

Desmond Hague, who resigned from Centerplate Inc. last year, must pay a $5,000 fine and face a three-year ban on owning animals for kicking a puppy.

Hague pleaded guilty to one count of causing an animal to be in distress in a B.C. court earlier this year.

He was caught kicking his friend's puppy and yanking its collar on elevator surveillance video captured in a Vancouver highrise in July 2014.

Hague previously issued a statement that said he was deeply embarrassed by his actions and had apologized to the dog's owners.

The B.C. SPCA says it's pleased with the sentence.

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