Fujairah: The Fujairah Court of Appeal has actually cancelled a judgment of fining a dog owner Dh10,000 over charges of having a dog without a license.
The court likewise changed a judgment by fining the implicated’s sibling and her friend Dh10,000 each for walking his dog without an ideal collar.
The case comes from an event in December 2022, when a federal government medical facility reported to Fujairah Police that a lady and her 2 kids had actually been assaulted by a dog, which triggered them injuries. The authorities had the ability to determine the ladies who were walking with the dog at a beach where the event happened. They were described Public Prosecution.
Public Prosecution charged all 3 offenders – the dog owner, his sibling and her friend – with having an animal (the dog) without getting a licence from the qualified authority, while the 2nd and 3rd offenders were charged with triggering injury to the victims through their neglect by leaving the dog without a leash while they were walking.
What the offenders said
The offenders rejected the charges versus them and appealed the decision prior to the Fujairah Court of Appeal.
The very first implicated said that the dog came from him which it had its own ‘passport’. He explained that the dog typically remains inside your home and does not require a license since it is not of the hazardous type. The 2nd offender (sibling of the very first offender) validated that the dog comes from her sibling, which she deals with him, including that she took the dog outside your home in her vehicle, then brought it down to the sea, and the 3rd offender (her friend) was with her. The 3rd offender said that she had actually gotten completion of the leash while walking with the dog.
Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal explained that with regard to the very first implicated, the Law Regulating Possession of Dangerous Animals specifies that “a criminal case is not initiated in the crimes stipulated in the law, which are punishable by a fine only, except by a written request from the Ministry or the competent authority,” including that it thinks about that “the charges are all linked, as possession, failure to restrain the dog, and causing injury are all one criminal act for the second and third defendants.”
Earlier judgment
Earlier,The Fujairah Court of First Instance had actually fined the man and the 2 ladies in the dog attack on a mom and her 2 kids, aged 6 and 11, on a Fujairah beach in 2015.
A fine of Dh10,000 was imposed for owning the dog without a licence, while the 2 females were fined an extra Dh10,000 each for threatening lives. The court discovered them irresponsible in managing the dog in a public location.
Mother cleared
Meanwhile, they submitted a case versus the mom implicating her of character assassination by publishing a video on social networks. The mom was summoned by authorities and her phones taken by authorities to examine the event.
The mom informed authorities that she did not movie the video and individuals who experienced the event took video and published on social networks. The court cleared mom from charges versus her.
