A dog-owner was both victim and defendant in her own trial when she was fined for being injured by her own pet.

Irina Zureiqi, 45, was left covered in cuts and bruises after she tried to break up a fight between her Staffordshire bull terrier and another dog, and was dragged through a field.

She was left with injuries to her legs and face from being pulled along the ground as she clung on to her dog's lead.

Zureiqi's defence lawyer, Chiddy Umez said: "This is a bizarre case in that the victim is also the defendant.

"The prosecution has tried turning on the victim even though she is the only one who can say what she experienced.

"The law is to stop dogs biting people - it is not an offence for dogs to fight each other.

"No witnesses said they saw Jack cause injury to a person."