A TEENAGER charged with causing unnecessary suffering to two dogs in Reading will stand trial.

Toni McNamee-Boyd, 19, of Coronation Square, Tilehurst, is due to stand trial at Reading Magistrates Court this year.

The teen has been charged with ‘causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal’ between September 16 and September 30 last year.

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McNamee-Boyd allegedly failed to investigate or address the cause of two dogs’ poor bodily condition and weight loss.

The dogs in question are a namely a cream male Sharpei known as Bruce and a brown male Staffordshire Bull Terrier type dog known as Tino.

The case was due to be heard earlier this month but has been adjourned twice. A trial date is yet to be set.