Man sentenced for illegal dog-rearing operation in Portmore
Published:Tuesday | October 18, 2022 | 3:41 PM
A Portmore man who was held for illegally rearing dogs in Portmore, St Catherine, was on Tuesday sentenced for breaches of the Public Health Nuisance Act.
He is Tyrone Gilzene, a labourer, of Portmore.
When he appeared before Judge Nicole Kellier he was fined $50,000 or 30 days' imprisonment for failure to obey a notice and failure to stop the rearing of animals in a residential community.
The crown had led evidence that members of the St Catherine Health Department received information that Gilzene was raising dogs for sale and causing a nuisance.
Checks reportedly revealed a lack of electricity and running water at the premises as well as dog faeces around the property.
Gilzene ignored a notice served on him by the health department to cease his operations.
He was tried and found guilty on October 3 in the St Catherine Parish Court.
-Rasbert Turner
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