Didcot park dog 'attack': Man in court after pair injured

Smallbone Recreation Ground <i>(Image: NQ)</i>
Smallbone Recreation Ground (Image: NQ)
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A DOG owner was due in court today (April 2) after his Staffie allegedly injured two people at a park in Didcot, hospitalising them.

Dominic Jofirisi, 26, has been charged with two counts of being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury on September 27 last year.

He is also charged with being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control.

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It is alleged that his dog, a Staffie named Max, was dangerously out of control at Smallbone Recreation Ground in Britwell Road, Didcot and injured Sharon Humphrey and Christopher Pierpoint.

Thames Valley Police announced at the time the dog had been seized and alleged that four people in total were attacked including another dog.

Jofirisi, of Berkeley Road, Newbury, could face a six-month prison sentence or a fine if guilty.

The case has been adjourned to an unknown date.

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