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image captionBella was rescued by walkers including Jane Harper, who described the dog as absolutely frozen
A woman has been sentenced after a court heard she failed to stop her ex-partner trying to drown a dog, but charges against him were dropped.
German shepherd-type dog Bella is now doing well after being saved from the Trent in Nottinghamshire a year ago.
The court was told Charlene Latham pleaded with her ex-partner Leigh Johnson not to drown Bella, but he refused and she did not get help.
The RSPCA said it did not have enough evidence to prosecute Mr Johnson.
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