A COOKLEY woman was told her dog would be "destroyed" if she did not keep it on a lead in public.

A Rhodesian Ridgeback cross, named Jeff, caused injury to a man in Lock Meadow on November 18 last year.

Juliet Ridgway, aged 49, from Cookley, admitted being in charge of a dog which was dangerously out of control at Kidderminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (February 25).

Magistrates gave Ridgway a conditional discharge for 12 months, but told her that unless her dog was kept under proper control, it would be put to death.

The defendant must keep her dog on a lead and muzzled in any public place.

She was fined £2,000 and must pay £21 towards victim services and £185 in court costs.