Overview

• At Manchester Crown Court, Joanne Bedford was jailed for three and a half years and Mark Twigg received two years and eight months, and both were banned from owning dogs for 15 years.
• A jury acquitted the pair of gross negligence manslaughter, and Twigg’s lawyer said he will appeal the conviction.
• Prosecutors said the couple had agreed to care for eight or nine large, untrained guard dogs kept in filthy conditions, with prior bite incidents and an RSPCA warning that was not heeded.
• Trial evidence indicated CCTV showed Daniel entering a pen secured only by a latch and carabiner and being unsupervised for at least 15 minutes before the attack.
• Police shot Sid, the Cane Corso believed to have caused the fatal injuries, while Tiny, a Boerboel, remains in kennels under police supervision.