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 choose 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 choose added a further three months’ for revoking a earlier neighborhood order, taking Evan’s sentence to fifteen months.

Judge Lloyd Jones advised him: “You needs to be completely ashamed of your self for every little thing that occurred on that day.”

The choose mentioned minor damage was prompted to Mr Hickey by the canine, which wasn’t on a lead.

“It’s pure luck he did not endure critical accidents on account of that attack,” he mentioned.

“It might have been rather a lot worse.”

He known as Evans file “very, very dangerous”, including: “Dogs which might be dangerously uncontrolled are a major problem in our society.

“They kill, they trigger damage, typically critical.

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

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

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