A SLOUGH man has been told his dog could be destroyed after it bit a young child last year.

Karl Hanley, of Goodwin Road, Slough, was fined £569 in compensation and court costs for not being in control of his American Mastiff, Leo, at court last week.

The mutt bit a “young child” after being “dangerously out of control” in August 2020 in Slough.

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Alongside the fine, 45-year-old Hanley was told Leo must be “kept under proper control by being securely fitted with a muzzle sufficient to prevent it biting any person.”

He was also informed Leo must be kept on a lead and neutered, otherwise the dog could be put down.

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Court papers also show Leo bit a dog handler at a kennel, although Hanley was not charged for this.

Hanley was handed his fine and his warning at Slough Magistrates Court on Tuesday, April 13.

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