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Hornbrook's body was found leaning against the wall of an abandoned warehouse commonly known as the yellow warehouse, just off Main Street north of the CP Rail underpass, on Aug. 27, 2011. The warehouse has since been demolished. Girdlestone told the court Hornbrook and her boyfriend were at the Northern Hotel early on Aug. 26, 2011. The Crown said after Hornbrook was assaulted by her boyfriend, he was thrown out of the hotel and assaulted by a group of males that included Richard. " Richard spent the remainder of the evening wooing April Hornbrook," he said. Girdlestone said he expects the jury will hear that Hornbrook and Richard left the hotel and went a few blocks to the warehouse " where for whatever reason the accused stomped and kicked Ms. Hornbrook until she died." - Kevin Rollason A GULL Lake couple who kept dogs in conditions so bad more than 30 of the canines had to be euthanized may find out today if they can own a dog before their current five- year ban expires. Justice Colleen Suche, of Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, has put the sentencing appeal of Peter Chernecki, and his wife Judith, over to today. Last year, a provincial court judge sentenced the 64- year- old Chernecki to four months in jail, while fining his 63- year- old wife $ 21,500. As well, the judge banned the couple from owning or possessing animals, except for two cats, for five years. It is the fine and the five- year ban the couple is appealing. Chernecki has already served his jail sentence. Defence counsel Bradley King called the total fine " crippling" for a woman who is unemployed. King said the ban also falls out of the range for sentencing people who until now had no past convictions and who honestly felt they were helping the dogs by not sending them to a place where they might be euthanized. " We say the judge didn't get the balance right," the lawyer said during an appeal hearing on Monday. " In their minds, keeping these unwanted and stray dogs was part of the solution. They thought they were part of the solution." Court was told the couple was charged after 64 dogs were removed in July 2010. Thirty- four had to be put down, while seven others were sent to the Dogtown USA animal rehabilitation centre in Utah. Most of the dogs lived in a 672- squarefoot cabin with a floor of excrement, mud and straw and one of the animals suffered a major head wound. During sentencing, Judge Carena Roller called the couple's actions " heartbreaking at best, and cruel at worst." King told Suche dozens of people wrote letters in support of the couple. But Suche said the letters didn't really help the couple. " There are many people who spoke without knowing what these people have done to these animals," the judge said. kevin. rollason@ freepress. mb. ca Dog abusers may beat 5- year ban By Kevin Rollason Woman's beating death ' tragic story of a killing' B_ 03_ Feb- 03- 15_ FP_ 01. indd B3 2/ 2/ 15 8: 00: 03 PM ;