OSSIPEE — A Carroll County Superior Court judge Friday sentenced Christina Fay, the woman convicted of 17 animal cruelty charges for her neglect of dozens of Great Dane dogs in her care, to at least a month in jail. It would have been three months, if not for a last-ditch effort of one of the Fay's attorneys.
In mid-March, a Superior Court jury found Fay, 60, guilty on all charges. The case wound up in Superior Court after Fay appealed a guilty verdict that followed a bench trial last year in Ossipee Circuit Court.
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