Man, 35, in court to face out-of-control dog case
A man ended up in court after a dog he was looking after for his mother-in-law chewed through a locked caravan door and clamped his jaw on a man's forearm.
Scott Clayton, 35, of Pavilion Court, Newtown, was looking after two German Shepherd dogs for two weeks while his mother-in-law was away.
The dogs, which were being kept in a caravan next to Clayton's home, chewed through the locked door and started barking and jumping on Adrian Woodward, before one of them clamped his mouth around his forearm and wouldn't let go until he shouted at it.
Clayton appeared at Welshpool Magistrates Court yesterday where he admitted being the owner or person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control but not causing injury.
Magistrates gave Clayton a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered him to pay £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge for the incident which happened on May 13.
Mr Robert Blakemore, prosecuting, said Mr Woodward got out of his car at 11am on the day in question outside a house he owns in Pavilion Court.
Mr Blakemore said: "He got out of the car and saw two German Shepherd dogs which ran up to him and were barking. One jumped up and laid his paws on Mr Woodward's thighs, opening his mouth and clamping on to Mr Woodward's forearm.
"Although he did not bite or cause injury, he would not let go of Mr Woodward's arm until he shouted at the dog and they moved away."
Mr Blakemore said Mr Woodward then called the police and went back from the house to his car where the dogs came running back at him until he told them to go away.
Mr Paul Inns, for Clayton, said the dogs had been locked in the caravan and had eaten their way through the door when approaching Mr Woodward.
Mr Inns added: "They are always muzzled and on a leash when out and about and the fact that they backed away when Mr Woodward ordered them to shows they are obedient dogs."
