Judge delays sentence to put down dogs that attacked neighbour and his dogs

The German Shepherd dogs have been on death row for the past 230 days and remain in Fingal County Council’s compound awaiting their fate

The court found that the two German Shepherd dogs were dangerous and ordered their destruction. File picture: iStock

The lives of two German Shepherd dogs, sentenced to death following an attack, still lay in the balance on Friday after an appeal court judge postponed a decision on their future.

District Court judge Anthony Halpin had directed that Cooper (11) and his partner Nina (3) be destroyed. He found the inseparable duo had been responsible for a vicious attack on their neighbour Michael O’Rourke and his two small dogs as they left their Co. Dublin home for an early Sunday morning walk.