A COURT has ordered a dog to be destroyed after it escaped a garden and fatally injured a neighbouring property's puppy.

Sarah Louise Sendall, of Maes Gwyn, Flint, appeared before Mold Magistrates Court on Thursday (October 13). 

The 51-year-old admitted failing to comply with a contingent dangerous dog destruction order.

The court heard that on March 25, 2022, Sendall's dog, a female brindle coloured pit bull terrier named 'Storm', escaped the property's garden, jumping up and causing a fence to a neighbouring property to collapse. 

The dog proceeded to attack a bulldog puppy, belonging to the owner of the neighbouring property. The puppy died from its injuries two days later. 

Previously, on July 21, 2021, Sendall was made subject to a contingent dangerous dog destruction order by Mold Magistrates Court. It ordered that Storm must be kept on a lead and wear a muzzle when in any place, or face being destroyed.

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In mitigation, the court was told that Sendall had paid the veterinary bills for the bulldog puppy, and had since secured the fence to prevent Storm from escaping. She has also had cameras fitted to provide a continuous live feed of the back garden of the property. 

District Judge Gwyn Jones told the defendant that she had failed to comply with the dangerous dog order, by not ensuring that Storm did not escape the property. He ordered that Storm be destroyed within the next 28 days.

The court was told that Sendall intends to appeal the decision.  

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