Staffy owner’s £2,700 compensation bill after woman and pet dog injured in Northampton

Kevin Nicholls
By Kevin Nicholls
Published 12th Oct 2022, 13:59 BST
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Court issues destruction warning if terrier is not kept under proper control

A dog owner landed a court bill totalling nearly £3,000 after his Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross injured a woman and her pet dog out walking in Northampton.

Magistrates also warned the Staffy, called Winston, would be destroyed unless it was kept under proper control.

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Police reported another dog suffered two fractures to its legs after it was attacked while its owner was bitten on both hands.

The owner of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross has been ordered to pay nearly £3,000 after it attacked a woman and her dog in NorthamptonThe owner of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross has been ordered to pay nearly £3,000 after it attacked a woman and her dog in Northampton
The owner of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross has been ordered to pay nearly £3,000 after it attacked a woman and her dog in Northampton

Steven Alexander Edward Everett-Hughes, aged 48, pleaded guilty to being in charge of a dog which was dangerously out of control in Wake Way, Grange Farm, on April 8 this year.

Everett-Hughes, of Elder Drive, Daventry, was ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work as part of a community order sentence by Northampton magistrates at a hearing on September 30.

He was also told to pay £199 in prosecution costs and a surcharge to fund victim services — in addition to the compensation bills totalling £2,739.60.