Cocker spaniel Bailey released from Derry prison after public outcry

There was no risk assessment or accountability and, instead of returning to a family home after each 'shift', Bailey was stuck in the prison 24 hours a day, the charity said. Picture: Causeway Dog Rescue

The six words that dog-lovers in the North were waiting to hear came on Monday: “Bailey is now out of prison.” 

A vocal campaign to free the cocker spaniel who committed no crime culminated in his release from Derry's Magilligan Prison and transfer to an undisclosed location to begin a new life.