Overview

• Joanne Bedford was sentenced to three and a half years and Mark Twigg to two years and eight months, with both banned from keeping dogs for 15 years.
• A jury cleared the pair of gross negligence manslaughter but found them guilty of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury.
• Daniel Twigg entered a pen unsupervised at Carr Farm on May 15, 2022, suffered fatal head and neck injuries, and died later at Manchester Children’s Hospital.
• The dogs were kept as untrained guard animals in poor conditions despite prior RSPCA warnings, and earlier bite incidents were described in court.
• Police shot a Cane Corso named Sid at the scene and placed another dog, Tiny, in kennels under GMP supervision, while Twigg is pursuing an appeal.