XL bully: Unconscious man’s canine bit good Samaritan on face

A canine believed to be an XL bully bit a great Samaritan’s face as he tried to assist its unconscious proprietor, a courtroom heard.

Luke Evans, 30, was jailed for 15 months for proudly owning a dangerously uncontrolled canine which injured Huw Hickey on 5 September in Pwllheli.

Caernarfon Crown Court heard the seized animal was believed to be an XL bully, however the breed had not been established.

The decide ordered the breed be assessed earlier than its destiny is determined.

Having the animal meant Evans, of Llain y Maen, Blaenau Ffestiniog, in Gwynedd, was in breach of a five-year disqualification order made in 2018 for having a harmful canine.

On Thursday, Judge Wyn Lloyd Jones banned him at from having a canine till additional discover after listening to it was Evans’ third harmful canine case.

In addition to one-year jail sentence, the decide added a further three months’ for revoking a earlier neighborhood order, taking Evan’s sentence to fifteen months.

Judge Lloyd Jones instructed him: “You ought to be totally ashamed of your self for the whole lot that occurred on that day.”

The decide stated minor harm was induced to Mr Hickey by the canine, which wasn’t on a lead.

“It’s pure luck he did not undergo severe accidents on account of that attack,” he stated.

“It might have been loads worse.”

He referred to as Evans document “very, very unhealthy”, including: “Dogs which are dangerously uncontrolled are a significant issue in our society.

“They kill, they trigger harm, typically severe.

“Those, such as you, who’re the house owners or keepers of dogs, bear a heavy accountability in the direction of the general public.”

Rosemary Proctor, defending, referred to as Evans’ alcohol issues “deep-seated” and stated he’d arrived at courtroom drunk on Tuesday earlier than being remanded in custody.

But she added there have been some “constructive indicators” he could also be starting to show his life round.