Owner of unmuzzled bull terrier ran from garda when quizzed at protest

Accused fined for not having the dog securely muzzled, failing to have a collar on him, and resisting arrest

The judge said he was not saying the dog in question was dangerous but that there was a lot of publicity relating to such animals being dangerous.

The owner of Staffordshire Bull Terrier who stood in a crowd of protesters with his dog without a muzzle or the required collar ran from a garda who asked him for his address.

At Cork District Court on Tuesday, 41-year-old David Crean of 1 Meadow Drive, The Meadows, Hollyhill, Cork, pleaded guilty to a charge of resisting arrest by Garda Gheorghe Rosu and two counts under the Control of Dogs Act 1986.