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.
