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<\/p>\nThe Central Asian Shepherd-type breed involved in the incident had previously attacked another person<\/p>\n
20:19, 05 May 2026Updated 21:18, 05 May 2026<\/p>\n
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Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council’s Mossley Mill<\/p>\n
A child was attacked by a stray dog that had previously been ordered to be kept in a secure enclosure and muzzled at all times in public.<\/p>\n
The Central Asian Shepherd-type breed involved in the incident had previously attacked another person in 2025 and was subject to additional restrictions including being kept on a lead at all times.<\/p>\n
Details of the attack emerged as the animal’s owner Geraldine Millen from the Toome area<\/a> was prosecuted by Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council.<\/p>\n Ms Millen was charged with failing to comply with the control conditions attached to her dog licence.<\/p>\n A Council spokesperson said, \u201cAntrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council places a high priority on enforcing dog control legislation. Reports of dog attacks are thoroughly investigated, and formal action, including prosecution, is taken where appropriate, as demonstrated in this case.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: Donaghadee Road vehicle fire LIVE as one person airlifted to hospital<\/a>READ MORE: ‘I had severe postnatal depression and a mum and baby mental health unit is long overdue’<\/a><\/p>\n Ms Millen pleaded guilty to all charges and was sentenced at Antrim Magistrates\u2019 Court, sitting in Ballymena<\/a>, on March 25, 2026. She was present in court and was fined a total of \u00a3175.<\/p>\n In addition, Ms Millen was ordered to pay \u00a3150 in costs, \u00a3150 in compensation, and a \u00a315 offender levy. The Judge also issued a contingent destruction order in respect of the dog.<\/p>\n For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage here<\/a> and sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Central Asian Shepherd-type breed involved in the incident had previously attacked another person 20:19, 05 May 2026Updated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12898,4331,141,1389,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-29595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-antrim-and-newtownabbey-borough-council","9":"tag-co-antrim","10":"tag-courts","11":"tag-dogs","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116525948207719808","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}