A dog owner will have to pay more than £750 in compensation after her Rottweiler escaped and attacked another canine.

Miranda Fabian's dog was in the front garden of her home in Mardale Road, Wigton, along with two other dogs on April 9 when a small dog walked past the property.

The Rottweiler, called Reggie, then ran towards the small dog and attacked it, prosecutor John Moran told magistrates in Carlisle.

The attacked dog's owner then tried to separate the animals, without success, but eventually got her dog free. The small dog needed veterinary treatment and the owner ended up with a broken bone in her hand, cuts and grazes.

Fabian, 42, pleaded guilty to being the person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and causing injury. The court was told how Fabian was unaware that the dog had got out of the garden and through a hole in a fence.

Her lawyer Sean Harkins told the court this was an isolated incident and his client has had dogs for more than 10 years without any complaints. She has now got a new fence and made the garden secure.

During a hearing yesterday (MON) the magistrates issued a Contingeny Destruction Order - in that if another offence of a similar nature happens then the order could be activated.

The dog must also be muzzled and kept on a lead at all times in public.

Fabian was handed a conditional discharge for two years and has to pay compensation for the vet bills of £616 and a further £150 to the other dog's owner.