Lawyer appears in court over alleged dangerous dog

Monday 22 October 2018

A local advocate has appeared in court accused of being in charge of a “dangerously out of control dog", whose actions allegedly led to the deaths of three animals, including a cat.

61-year-old Andrew Philip Begg, of Andrew Begg & Co lawyers, was charged at Police Headquarters last Wednesday.

On Friday, he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court where five charges spanning four areas in St. Ouen across 2016, 2017 and 2018 were read to him.

Four of the counts involved other animals.

The most recent charge involved his dog allegedly causing the death of a cat at an address along La Grande Route des Mielles on 31 July.

Pictured: One of the counts alleges that Advocate Andrew Begg's dog injured another dog at Greve de Lecq in 2016. (Geograph)

Between March and May last year, a dog in his possession was also claimed to have been “dangerously out of control” in St. Ouen, leading to the injury of two chickens, which later had to be put down.

The earliest charge dates back to between June and September 2016, when Advocate Begg’s dog is alleged to have caused “injury and distress” to another dog at Greve de Lecq.

The alleged offences fall under the Dogs (Jersey) Law 1961.

The advocate, who represented himself in the Magistrate’s Court, will reappear on 2 November.