A pit bull is to be put down after biting a woman's hand while the dog's owner has been jailed for 10 months. Gary Boswell has been jailed after admitting being the owner of a dog which was dangerously out of control and causing injury. He has also been banned from keeping a dog for a decade.
Boswell told the court heard he used Missy as 'protection' from drug dealers. Missy was a 'banned breed' and had been seized by police in 2017, but Boswell had been allowed to keep her after gaining an 'exemption certificate', which included rules on how she should be kept.
Police seized the dog again the following year after reports that Missy had 'gone for' a woman and her elderly mother, knocking the older woman to the floor. No prosecution was brought and Missy returned to Boswell, reports MEN.
