A WOMAN from Kidderminster was told in court to keep her dog under control or else he will have to be "destroyed".

Anne Bruerton, 65, of Morillon Court, appeared before magistrates in Worcester on Tuesday, March 16 after her Staffordshire bull terrier, Brody, injured a woman in a field near Plover Grove.

Mrs Bruerton pleaded guilty to being the owner of the dog which injured a woman while "dangerously out of control" on February 13 this year.

Magistrates told Mrs Bruerton that, unless Brody is kept under proper control by being securely fitted with a muzzle and being on a lead at all times while out in public, the dog would have to be put to sleep.

She was fined £480 and ordered to pay compensation to the victim of £850, plus costs of £233.

In a later case at Worcester Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, March 23, a man was given a suspended jail sentence after he threatened police officers and was caught carrying a knife in Kidderminster.

Jason Lloyd, 43, of Church Street, Brierley Hill, pleaded guilty to using threatening words or behaviour towards police officers and carrying a Stanley knife in Kidderminster on October 7 last year.

Magistrates said Lloyd's crimes were made more serious by the fact that he was carrying knife, which carries a mandatory custodial sentence, and because he used threatening behaviour towards police.

He was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months and must pay £313 in costs.

In a separate case on Wednesday, March 24, a man was fined for speeding in Kidderminster's Wolverhampton Road.

Wleklik Przemyseaw, 38, of Hayes Street, West Bromwich, was found guilty in his absence of driving at a speed exceeding 30mph on June 23 last year.

Magistrates fined him £440 and ordered him to pay £134 in costs.

He was disqualified from driving for six months and six points were added to his licence.