Owner must pay $1600 for dog attack

The owner of a dangerous dog was fined $1000 and ordered to pay $600 to an 80-year-old woman the dog attacked.
The woman was badly bitten and took eight weeks to physically recover, the Christchurch District Court was told today in a session at the Nga Hau e Wha marae.
The woman was on a walking track near Wilsons Road when the pet Alsatian left the owner’s property and bit her on the arm and leg. MORE>>