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| St Leonards dog attacks owner Spencer Brown jailed | St Leonards dog attacks owner Spencer Brown jailed |
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| A man whose out-of-control dogs attacked 10 people in the street has been jailed for 12 months. | A man whose out-of-control dogs attacked 10 people in the street has been jailed for 12 months. |
| Spencer Brown, 22, had admitted 10 counts of owning dogs dangerously out of control in a public place. | Spencer Brown, 22, had admitted 10 counts of owning dogs dangerously out of control in a public place. |
| The attacks happened after Brown's Staffordshire bull terrier crosses, Tilly and Freak, escaped from his East Sussex home, on 22 July. | The attacks happened after Brown's Staffordshire bull terrier crosses, Tilly and Freak, escaped from his East Sussex home, on 22 July. |
| Brown, of Marline Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, was banned from keeping dogs for life by a judge at Lewes Crown Court. | Brown, of Marline Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, was banned from keeping dogs for life by a judge at Lewes Crown Court. |
| The court also ordered the dogs to be destroyed. | The court also ordered the dogs to be destroyed. |
| Aggressive and territorial | |
| Victims of the attack were bitten on their hands, arms and legs as the two dogs marauded in the area with no leads, while those who came to the victims' aid were also bitten. | Victims of the attack were bitten on their hands, arms and legs as the two dogs marauded in the area with no leads, while those who came to the victims' aid were also bitten. |
| The court was told police managed to subdue one of the animals with a fire extinguisher and a dog catcher pole while a passer-by dragged the other into a cage. | |
| Neither dog was a banned breed, but police recommended they both be destroyed after the kennels where they were being held reported that they remained aggressive and territorial. | |
| The court heard that one of the dogs had attacked weeks before, on 16 May. | |
| The victim, Jason Griggs, suffered multiple cuts and a broken finger in the attack, after a confrontation between him and Brown. | |
| He has has been left unable to work as a self-employed electrician. | |
| Prosecutor Gail Purdy said Brown was arrested over the attack on Mr Griggs, and summoned to appear in court. | |
| One of the victims of the July attack, Nigel Waughman, told police it was "horrific and nightmarish". | |
| Another, Daniel Smith, bent down to pick up his own Jack Russell but fumbled and was attacked by one of the dogs, causing him to fall into the road. | |
| Ms Purdy said both dogs bit him while he was in the road, leaving him covered in blood and needing hospital treatment. | |
| Margaret Deeprose heard screaming and saw two dogs running towards her. She tried to cover her legs with her shopping trolley which the dogs also attacked. |