A Dunfermline woman has been ordered to pay £1,000 compensation after her Staffordshire bull terrier attacked another dog.

The Staffy had also been involved in a previous attack which resulted in a £1,500 compensation bill to be paid by the woman’s partner.

Being sentenced this time was Siobhan Hunter, 43, of Jennie Rennie's Road.

She previously admitted that on March 24 at Jennie Rennie's Road, the 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 mauled, tried to intervene and she too was bitten during the early morning incident.

An example of a Staffordshire bull terrier. An example of a Staffordshire bull terrier. (Image: Newsquest) The court was told that 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.

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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 Garry Sutherland imposed a compensation order and also a contingent destruction order with a range of conditions.

These include that the dog must be muzzled at all times in public and must be under the control of someone strong enough for the task when out in public.

If conditions on a contingent destruction order are breached the dog can be put down.