Corkman jailed for stealing French bulldog after 'outrageous attack'

The court heard that the defendant swung a lump hammer twice or three times in the dog owner's direction and demanded the dog.

The value of the French bulldog was put at €2,000. File photo: Larry Cummins

A Clare man who swung a lump hammer in the direction of a man’s head before grabbing his French bulldog and bundling the dog into the back of his van was jailed for two years.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said: “It is difficult to understand – a man is out walking his dog and on this occasion he was met with considerable violence when the accused came at him with a lump hammer.