A County Durham man has avoided jail after attacking a woman and a dog in the same attack.

Adam Bone, 32, of Taylor Grove, Wingate, pleaded guilty to two counts; assault by beating, and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court on March 13.

The offences took place on August 27 last year, when Bone assaulted a woman and a Bedlington Terrier in Wingate.


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Bone was handed a 20-week prison sentence, suspended for 24 months after he was found guilty of the assault on both the woman and the dog.

The magistrates' took Bone's guilty pleas into account when imposing the sentence.

The 32-year-old was ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and was disqualified from keeping dogs for five years due to the nature of the offence against the terrier.