Overview

• Geraldine Knibb pleaded guilty to three counts of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury
• Liverpool Crown Court imposed eight months’ imprisonment for two attacks to run concurrently and 12 months to run consecutively to her existing seven-year term
• Judge Potter determined that only a custodial sentence and destruction order could be justified given the severity of the maulings and absence of contrary evidence
• Stella inflicted serious injuries in separate incidents in November 2024 and January 2025, including surgery for ambulance driver William McVeigh
• Under UK dangerous dog legislation courts must order destruction of a dog shown to be dangerously out of control when no alternative evidence is offered