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A lady was left with a facial scar and one in every of her pets died after a canine attack on a Kettering property.
The sufferer was walking previous animal proprietor Jody Jacobsen’s home when two dogs – one owned by him and one owned by his ex-partner – ran out and fatally injured her cockapoo Mabel.
She needed to see a maxillofacial specialist after his French bulldog known as Cookie bit her on the lip and left her needing stitches.
Yesterday (Monday) Jacobsen was spared from jail after admitting being the proprietor of a canine which induced harm whereas being dangerously uncontrolled.
Northampton Crown Court heard the lady was walking her dogs, Mabel and a Yorkshire Terrier, when the incident occurred in Margaret Road at about 2.45pm on June 28, 2022, as she handed Jacobsen’s home.
Prosecutor Naeem Valli stated: “Two dogs appeared from the address very quickly. The larger of the two dogs attacked her cockapoo and had it by the throat.
“The smaller of the two dogs – the defendant’s dog – was also attacking her cockapoo, trying to bite the cockapoo’s throat.”
The sufferer bent over to try to intervene however Cookie leaped up and bit her lip earlier than she managed to swipe it away and passers-by helped her.
Cookie and the second canine, a pit bull named Reggie, then went again into Jacobsen’s home. The courtroom heard the 46-year-old was not current on the time of the attack.
Mr Valli stated: “He arrived 10 minutes later and was made aware of the incident. He placed the dog in his vehicle and drove away but returned once officers arrived.”
Cockapoo Mabel was fatally injured after bleeding from her throat whereas her proprietor went to hospital for therapy to her backside lip and harm to her finger. She was referred to a maxillofacial specialist and required stitches for the laceration to her lip.
In a sufferer affect assertion, learn out by Mr Valli, she stated that she now takes a detour across the property to keep away from walking previous the property.
She added that she instantly picks her dogs up when she hears one other canine close by and has lowered mobility in her finger.
She stated: “I have a scar on the right hand side of my lip which I can see every day when I look in the mirror.”
His Honour Judge John Head stated: “It’s very clear that she has been, and continues to be, affected by what happened.”
Jacobsen was arrested on the scene and gave a no remark interview to police. He has convictions for 35 earlier offences, though none are much like this incident, and confronted as much as one yr in jail for the canine attack.
The courtroom heard that earlier in 2022 pitbull Reggie, which had lived at Jacobsen’s home for a number of months, was topic to a voluntary management order after escaping out of a again gate and going into the road earlier than barking at folks in an incident which was attended by police.
Jacobsen did what was required of him by Northamptonshire Police – rising the peak of a latch and bolt on the gate – however it didn’t ‘cross his mind’ to make modifications to his entrance door, the place Reggie and Cookie would later escape out of. He accepted that, in hindsight, Reggie may have jumped up and reached the door deal with, however denied that he may have moderately foreseen that taking place.
Giving proof from the witness field, Jacobsen stated: “I have no idea what happened to be honest with you.”
Judge Head stated that, given Reggie had already escaped, Jacobsen ought to have had it in his thoughts that it may have occurred once more and that he ought to have happy himself that the door was safe.
Mitigating, Will Forber-Heyward stated no additional offences had taken place because the incident and that Jacobsen acts as a carer for his ex-partner.
He stated that neither Reggie or Cookie stay on the property however that further measures had been put in place to make sure the entrance door couldn’t be opened by a canine.
Mr Forber-Heyward stated: “He has shown a significant degree of remorse.
“He understands this was a terrible incident and ordeal for the victim to go through, and her dogs.”
Jacobsen was sentenced to 17 weeks in jail, suspended for 18 months, and should full 175 hours of unpaid work.
He will even be disqualified from having custody of a canine for 3 years.
An order was additionally made for Cookie the place sure situations should be met for the French bulldog, together with carrying a muzzle whereas exterior a home and being on a lead whereas in public.
