Pitbull ordered to attack gardaí

A man who ordered his dog to attack gardaí as they executed a warrant to search his house was yesterday jailed for three and a half years.

Keith Plummer, aged 40, also went at the three gardaí with knives, injuring all of them. He admitted assault causing harm to them as well as cultivating cannabis and possession of a knife.

Dundalk circuit court yesterday heard that he shouted “attack, Chico” after the gardaí managed to get into his then home at Sunhill, Termonfeckin, Co Louth, on May 22, 2015.