Former Great Britain rugby league star Andy Gregory has been ordered to pay £1,000 compensation after his Border Collie sheepdog savaged a dog walker in a random attack.
The 61-year old former scrum half, who was once the most expensive player in the world, was hauled into court after he was said to have stood by and watched while his herding dog Georgie mauled Simon Derbyshire.
Mr Derbyshire suffered substantial wounds to his legs and back and in a statement to police said: "At the time of the incident I was in extreme amounts of pain. I was just trying to protect my dog, who is small and placid, from his dog.
