A man has been jailed for 29 days for letting his pet pit bull starve to death in his backyard The owner, Brandon James Kester entered a best interest plea to the charge of cruelty to animals and was ordered to serve 29 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence and perform 25 hours public service work. His wife, Judith Ann Kester, entered a no contest plea to same charge and was granted an 11-29 judicial diversion which means she can have her criminal record erased if she gets into no more trouble during her year on probation. Both have been warned to not own any more animals.