A COURT has ordered that a dog be destroyed after it was dangerously out of control in a park.

Craig Dodsworth, 53, of Sunnybank Grange, in Brighouse, pleaded guilty to being the owner or person in charge of a dog that was dangerously out of control, on July 7 last year at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ Court.

He was sentenced last Monday for the offence, after the case was reopened and his original sentence from June 17 was set aside.

Dodsworth was in charge of a classic Bully, called Ghost, at Lane Head Park, in Brighouse on January 30 last year when the animal became dangerously out of control.

A separate woman is listed as the dog’s owner, according to court records.

The court ordered on June 17 that Ghost be destroyed, unless an appeal was lodged within 21 days, and this was still part of the sentencing on July 7.

Dodsworth was originally ordered to pay £9,899 in compensation to West Yorkshire Police but this was dropped.

He instead must now pay £125 in total.

This includes a surcharge of £40 to fund victim services and £85 in costs.

The Telegraph & Argus contacted Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court and an appeal had not been lodged as of July 24.