{"id":138763,"date":"2021-09-14T17:31:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=138763"},"modified":"2021-09-14T17:31:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:31:17","slug":"thug-used-staffy-as-weapon-to-bite-mans-thigh-after-pushing-him-to-the-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/thug-used-staffy-as-weapon-to-bite-mans-thigh-after-pushing-him-to-the-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Thug used Staffy as weapon to bite man\u2019s thigh after pushing him to the ground"},"content":{"rendered":"

The owner of a dog who repeatedly bit a passer-by after getting viciously out of control has been jailed. <\/p>\n

Alan Leggett was walking with his unrestrained "Staffy-type dog" when it unleashed on Mark Wilkinson during the two men's clash in the street. <\/p>\n

Mr Wilkinson suffered bite marks to his leg, elbow, ankle, thumb and lip, a court has head, Chronicle Live. <\/p>\n

Leggett has pleaded guilty to being in charge of a dog while it became dangerously out of control and assaulting Mr Wilkinson and his mother. <\/p>\n

The offences placed the man in breach of a suspended prison sentence which was imposed in 2018 for the fourth time and he has now been jailed for seven months. <\/p>\n

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Nottingham Crown Court heard it was around 6pm on November 13 2019 that Mr Wilkinson came across Leggett near his home in Ashington, Northumberland, on his way to the shop.<\/p>\n

Leggett was holding a Jack Russell on a lead but the Staffy-type dog was not restrained.<\/p>\n

He accused Mr Wilkinson of trying to rob him from behind when he snuck up behind him, the court head. <\/p>\n

Kate Barnes, prosecuting, said: "The defendant shoved the complainant and a Staffy-type dog began to bite Mr Wilkinson.<\/p>\n

"They were not particularly serious injuries, there was no medical intervention.<\/p>\n