Andrew Cornes (middle) set his dog on Alan Keylock as four others including Bobby Watts (left) and Aaron Abbott (right) weighed in with punches and kicks (Picture: SWNS)

A yob with more than 100 convictions has been jailed for eight years after using his Staffie as a weapon to maul a man in the street.

Andrew Cornes, 35, and a group of youths confronted Alan Keylock as he made his way home following a night out in Worcester in the early hours of February 3 this year.

Worcester Crown Court heard Cornes made Kimbo ‘rear up’ by yanking its lead before releasing it saying: ‘Get him, get him!’

Mr Keylock was also battered by Cornes’ group as the dog savaged his arm.


Cornes, of Worcester, admitted GBH involving using a dog as a weapon as well as being the owner of a dog which caused injuries while dangerously out of control.

Andrews Cornes has amassed 115 previous convictions, many for violence (Picture: SWNS)

Cornes has amassed 115 previous convictions for 58 offences, including for GBH, ABH, possessing offensive weapons, robbery, assaulting police officers and public order offences.



Jailing him for the ‘despicable attack’, Judge Nicholas Cole told him: ‘You were quite clearly using the dog as a weapon, shouting “get him, get him”, encouraging the dog to attack swinging the lead around.

‘This was a dog mauling someone in the street, urged on by you.’

Mr Keylock suffered a broken arm along with a number of bite wounds during the assault which occurred as he made his way home from a night out at around 3.20am.

He was left with a gaping wound to the armpit, puncture wounds to his arms and cuts to the right cheek and nose where he had been kicked in the head.

Bobby Watts also took part in the attack (Picture: SWNS)

Aaron Abbott was another of those who ‘punched and kicked’ Mr Keylock (Picture: SWNS)

Prosecutor Ian Ball told the court: ‘Twenty minutes before the attack Mr Keylock and a friend were in McDonald’s in Worcester.

‘There they saw Cornes was part of a group, parading the “intimidating” dog around, making it bark and being “antagonistic”.

‘Mr Keylock headed in the direction of Bushwackers when they met the same group again and were confronted by them.

‘Cornes pulled the dog’s lead to make it “rear up” before releasing it and saying “get him, get him, get him!”

‘The victim described the dog jumping up and hanging off his arm as he tried to get the animal to let go by punching it in the head.

‘He could feel the teeth piercing the skin.’

Mr Ball said the victim was also ‘punched and kicked by four other people’ including Bobby Watts, 19, and Aaron Abbott, 18, while on the floor.

Cornes ‘was also said to have struck him with the dog’s lead’.

Since the attack, Mr Keylock has been forced to give up his £40,000-a-year job because of his injuries and has suffered flashbacks.

The fate of the dog will be discussed at a further hearing on October 18.

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