Woman attacked by Rottweiler
A Limavady man, whose Rottweiler dog strayed and bit a woman, has been fined at the town’s Magistrates’ Court.
By Orla McNicholl
The court heard that the injured party had been walking towards her home at Anderson Park on December 2 when two Rottweiler’s ran towards her and one of them bit her on the back of the right leg.
The dog’s owners were identified as belonging to the wife of Paul Partington of Anderson Park. However he had been looking after them on that particular day when they had strayed.
Defence solicitor Johnny Sandhu said there had been two holes in the fence where the dogs were kept and they had got out, however the fence had since been fixed by the Housing Executive.
Magistrate Eamon King said: “Sometimes it amazes me why people keep animals such as Rottweiler’s in confined spaces when they are trained to be guard dogs.”
Partington was fined £144.
