Chester Magistrates Court A DANGEROUS dog which ran out of a Chester home and bit a nine-year-old boy on the leg has been spared by magistrates. The bench at Chester Magistrates Court on Friday, February 12 ruled that owner Laura Richardson, 44, of Essex Road, could keep the dog, subject to a contingency destruction order. However, if the requirements of that order were not kept, the dog would be destroyed. Prosecuting, Alan Currums said it was at 6.50pm on November 2, 2020 when the nine-year-old boy was with his father, coming home from football in a car, parking on Essex Road. The boy got out of the car while the father went to park the car in a residential parking spot, and it was then the dog ran out of Richardson s home, through an unsecured open gate and towards the boy.
Chester Magistrates Court A CHESTER man who spent months harassing his twin sister by bombarding her with malicious texts, voicemails and calls has been spared immediate jail. David Anthony Perry, 42, of Western Avenue, had previously pleaded guilty on the day his trial was due to begin to harassing his twin sister Ellen Perry between June and July 2020. At Chester Magistrates Court on Friday, February 12, Perry was banned from contacting her in any way for 12 months via a restraining order, and handed a 12-week prison sentence which was suspended for 12 months. Prosecuting, Alan Currums said the victim had described the relationship between the pair as rocky , and had deteriorated in recent years due to the defendant s heavy drinking and suspected substance misuse.