Owner fined after dog bit girl, 14

The owner of a Staffordshire bull terrier that bit a 14-year-old girl has been fined €200 at Tallaght Court and must pay €1,100 costs.

Judge Michael Coghlan also made a destruction order for the dog, but put a stay of 15 days on it.

Anthony Murray of Tree Park Drive, Kilnamanagh, Tallaght, was accused of failing to keep his dog under effectual control at Castle-tymon Rd in Tallaght on November 13, 2014.