The items had been discovered following a search of the sailor’s cabin
A Belfast man has acquired a suspended jail sentence after his canine attacked a toddler.
Neil Pinkerton (35) of Clandeboye Street in Belfast was ordered to pay authorized and courtroom prices and compensation, in addition to the suspended sentence.
It’s after his bull terrier-type canine bit an 11-year-old boy on the leg on May 3 final yr.
The prosecution was taken by Belfast City Council and Mr Pinkerton was convicted below Article 29(2) of The Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983.
Mr Pinkerton was convicted and acquired a four-month jail sentence, suspended for one yr and required to pay £150 authorized and courtroom prices and compensation order totalling £250 to the sufferer.
It was additionally ordered the canine be destroyed except saved confined in a building, shed, yard or different enclosure from which it can not escape, fitted with a muzzle enough to forestall the canine biting any person and saved below management.
The Belfast Telegraph on Tuesday revealed the variety of canine assaults in Belfast has risen by 23% in 2023 to a five-year excessive.
Data obtained by the Belfast Telegraph reveals 255 incidents had been reported.
And 77 folks had been prosecuted — together with 13 for canine assaults and 39 for having no licence.
Thirty-one dogs had been euthanised within the metropolis in 2023.
