A sheriff has branded a Kinross man’s behaviour towards police officers as “imbecilic” after hearing how he made multiple violent threats towards them and tried unsuccessfully to set his dog on them.
Perth Sheriff Court previously heard Michael Horne lifted his Staffordshire bull terrier over his shoulder and ordered it to attack officers who turned up at his property while they were searching for someone else over a year and a half ago.
However his command achieved nothing as the court was told that rather than attack the officers, the dog merely wandered over to them “in a friendly manner” and they were able to pick it up and put it in a police vehicle without so much as a single bark or bite.
