RSPCA inspectors are investigating CCTV footage which shows a dog owner viciously kicking his pet in the head "like a football".
The Northern Echo reported that the incident happened outside the Navy Club, in Northgate, Darlington, on Sunday (May 17) afternoon.
A member of the public tried to intervene in the incident, which took place shortly after 1.30pm and after witnessing the attack, they got in touch with the RSPCA.
WARNING: The below video shows the shocking footage.
Clare Wilson, an inspector for the animal welfare charity, is now appealing for anyone who knows who the man is, or who knows where the dog may live, to contact her.
A DISTRAUGHT cabbie from Bradford has told how he fought in vain to save the life of a woman who died after a hit-and-run incident.
The Telegraph and Argus reported that a 28-year-old pedestrian, described by friends as a "beautiful young woman," died in hospital after a collision involving a Toyota Corolla, which left the scene.
Mohammed Ilyas, who works for a private hire firm in Leeds, was returning from a fare when he saw the woman, named locally as Vicky, lying in the A58 Whitehall Road in Wyke.
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Police said the woman had been involved in a collision with a car while crossing the road at its junction with Westfield Lane at about 2.30am on Saturday.
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