THE case against a man accused of ‘kicking a dog like a football’ has been sent for trial.

Grant Fenwick, 29, is alleged to have caused unnecessary suffering to a female Jack Russell-type dog on March 6.

The dog named Lucy is said to have suffered fractured ribs.

Before Huddersfield Magistrates’ yesterday, Fenwick, of Wakefield Road, Denby Dale was bailed for trial on November 27. He had pleaded not guilty at an earlier hearing.