Love Island winner jailed over dog attacks
Love Island winner jailed over dog attacks
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Love Island winner Jack Fincham has been jailed for six weeks after his cane corso dog attacked a man while he was running. The 32-year-old pleaded guilty at Southend Magistrates' Court to two counts of being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog, with one of the incidents causing injury.
As well as the jail sentence, he was ordered to pay £3,680 in total, including a £2,000 contribution to kennelling costs, a fine of £961 and £200 compensation. He gave a thumbs up as he was led to the cells after the sentence was announced. A woman in the public gallery cried as he was taken away.
The court heard his dog Elvis bit a runner in Swanley, Kent, in September 2022. Fincham was going to be cautioned and take part in a responsible dog ownership course after the man accepted an apology, said prosecutor Erin Peck. Conditions were made including that his dog must be muzzled, she added.
However, in June last year there was a second incident in Grays, Essex, when the dog was out of control. He was later charged. Baby girl airlifted to hospital in serious condition after 'XL bully attack' in Kent. Suspected flasher guilty of trying to murder police officer with scissors.
Rat urine smell 'overpowering' at 'squalid' and 'decrepit' prison, watchdog says. Presiding magistrate Anne Wade, sentencing, said Fincham was subject to a suspended sentence order at the time of the incident in Swanley. This was for 12 weeks custody suspended for 18 months, for an unrelated driving matter.
