Destroying pet dog ‘would cause family consternation’

A man could still face a month in jail or the prospect of his dog being put down after it bit an 81-year-old man in the leg.

Destroying pet dog ‘would cause family consternation’

A man could still face a month in jail or the prospect of his dog being put down after it bit an 81-year-old man in the leg.

Piotr Prochniak, of Mounteen, Ballinascarty, West Cork, had been handed the penalty at an earlier district court sitting, but appealed it after it caused “consternation” in his family home, and particularly with his two young children.

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