A MAN who was banned from owning and looking after dogs has been fined for breaching his court order.

Damian Firth was handed the order at Warrington Magistrates’ Court in April after a dog in his possession escaped from his Callands home and bit a woman in the street.

This order banned him from being in charge of dogs for three years.

The 33-year-old attempted to appeal this order at Liverpool Crown Court in June, but this was dismissed by recorder Ben Douglas-Jones, who ruled the order to be just and fair.

Despite this however, Firth was found to have five dogs in his Granston Close home by Cheshire Police after they executed a warrant at around 11am on July 22.

According to a social media post by the force’s Warrington Police account on the day, the dogs were said to be living in ‘poor conditions’.

Firth appeared before Warrington Magistrates’ Court after being charged with being in possession of dogs while disqualified, contrary to the Dangerous Dogs Act.

He pleaded guilty to the offence and was subsequently fined £2,500, ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs and a £190 victim surcharge.

An order was also approved to deprive Firth of his dogs – two American bulldog puppies, two American bulldog adult females and an American bulldog adult male.