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Norwich: Couple breached ‘dog Asbo’ over barking whippets

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Michael and Irene Gant, 80 and 78, were made the topic of three-year orders in 2020 after council action following neighbour complaints about their whippets barking numerous times an hour.

It restricted them to keeping simply 4 dogs at a time and not breeding puppies at home.

Eastern Daily Press: The couple were made subject of criminal orders after complaints about barking dogs at their property on Weston Road in Norwich The couple were made topic of criminal orders after problems about barking dogs at their property on Weston Road in Norwich (Image: Google)

Both were consequently charged with breaching the order by having a lot of dogs on their property in Weston Road, Norwich, on 3 different events.

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They were founded guilty following a trial at Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court in November. 

Mr Gant was likewise condemned of not enabling a council public security officer to perform an assessment in September 2021, in breach of the order.

He was informed he will be sentenced on April 21 after participating in a hearing at Norwich Magistrates’ Court following a go to from cops last month after a warrant had actually been released.

An arrest warrant has actually likewise been released for Mrs Gant over her sentencing.

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Eastern Daily Press: Picture of a whippet like the one the couple owned and which were recorded barking hundreds of times an hourPicture of a whippet like the one the couple owned and which were tape-recorded barking numerous times an hour (Image: Wikimedia Commons/Brambleberries Photography)

Imposing the criminal order in October 2020, magistrates said it was the only method to supply some relief for neighbours in the Mile Cross street.

More than 788 recordings of barking had actually been sent to Norwich City Council in between June and September 2020, a duration when individuals were restricted to their houses due to Covid limitations.

On one celebration, a dog barked 322 times in 10 minutes, and on another, 923 barks were heard in an hour.

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Eastern Daily Press: Michael and Irene Gant leave Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court after being given a criminal behaviour orderMichael and Irene Gant leave Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court after being offered a criminal behaviour order (Image: Newsquest)

Mr Gant had actually declared in court that the recordings were “manufactured” which his neighbours were “fanatical” about shooting them. 

However their next-door-neighbour, who offered proof in the trial, dismissed allegations of “inciting” the dogs and said the sound had actually gone away after the Gants had actually eliminated a few of them.

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