03/09/2011

Dog Owners Pay Up For Offences

A man has been fined £100 and ordered to pay £200 compensation after his dog attacked and injured a woman.

Stephen Thompson, from Dunraven Park in east Belfast, was also ordered to pay costs of £66 in relation to the incident, which happened on the Beersbridge Road on December 25, 2010.

Three other dog owners were also fined in court.

Claire Dunn, from Clara Road in east Belfast, was fined £150 and ordered to pay costs of £66 for allowing her dog to stray on the Upper Newtownards Road on July 14, 2011.

William Campbell, from Canning Place in north Belfast, was fined £40 and ordered to pay costs of £66 for failing to have a licence for his dog.

Paul McMorran, from Cliftonville Road in north Belfast, was fined a total of £135 and ordered to pay costs of £66 for allowing his dog to foul at Waterworks Park, and for failing to have a licence for his pet.

(BMcC)

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