A Dunfermline man has been ordered to pay almost £1,500 in compensation after his Staffordshire bull terrier attacked another dog.

Weeks later, the same Staffy went on to chase another dog into its own home, mauling it and biting the owner.

As a result, Steven Fraser and Siobhan Hunter appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court for the incidents.

Fraser, 43, of Jennie Rennie’s Road, admitted that on 1st January, he was the owner of a Staffordshire Bull terrier which was dangerously out of control at a neighbouring property.

It attacked another dog, causing injury to it and its owner.

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Sheriff Garry Sutherland imposed a compensation order of £1,485 to cover vet fees and other costs.

Hunter, 43, of the same address, admitted that on 24th March at Jennie Rennie's Road, the same dog was dangerously out of control, whereby it attacked and mauled another dog, injuring it and its owner.

The shocked woman, seeing her Lhasa Apso being attacked, tried to intervene and she too was bitten during the early morning incident.

The court was told that at 6.20am the woman let her dog out into the front garden with the gate closed.

She then heard loud barking outside and opened her front door. Her dog came running back into the house and she saw the Staffy at her gate.

It then ran into the house, jumping on to the small dog.

When the woman grabbed the Staffy it nipped her on the finger, causing a cut.

The Staffy then continued to attack the small dog, biting and clawing at its back.

Hunter came running out of her house directly opposite and rugby tackled her own dog before taking it home.

The vet bill for the injured dog in this case was £1,000 and the woman received medical attention for her bite.

Sheriff Sutherland deferred sentencing on Hunter until 16th October.