A judge has ordered the destruction of a dangerous dog after it attacked a neighbour of its owner. Mark Mayo’s pit bull-type pet had already once bitten a delivery driver before the second incident outside his home on Stanhope Street, Long Eaton, on January 23.
As reported by Derbyshire Live, the Champagne-coloured animal escaped out of the front door of his property and bit the wrist and stomach of the victim during the most recent attack. Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court heard how the defendant failed to call it off as the victim was being attacked, and then when a police officer arrived, the dog “lunged” at him as well,
Handing the 43-year-old a 12-month community order, District Judge Jonathan Taaffe said: “The offence is a serious one because injuries have been caused to this gentleman. If there had been any suggestion this dog had been used as a weapon you would be going to prison.
