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UPDATE: A Bristol man charged with sexually assaulting a dog in 2014 was found guilty this afternoon.

James Michael Foran was charged with crimes against nature in the sexual attack of his employer's Labrador retriever.

The jury recommended a sentence of five years in prison.

The verdict was returned after just two-and-a-half hours of deliberation.

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ABINGDON, Va. -- The jury in the case against a Bristol man charged with sexually assaulting a dog is now deliberating.

James Michael Foran, a convicted sex offender, is charged with crimes against nature in the 2014 attack on a then-4-year-old Labrador retriever that belonged to his employer.

On the third day of the trial in Washington County Circuit Court, the final witness for the prosecution, Melissa Hypes, an analyst from the Virginia Department of Forensic Science in Roanoke, testified as to the DNA testing procedures and results.