A CROWN court judge will sentence a Whitehaven  woman who has admitted being in charge of a dog which injured a person while it was “dangerously out of control.”

Courtney Kirkbride, 25, committed the offence on July 25 last year. At the time, she was in charge of a terrier type dog called Pablo, which injured a female on the street where the defendant lives, Latrigg Road. 

The defendant was due to face a trial at Workington Magistrates' Court but changed her plea to guilty. She will be sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court on July 1, when the court will hear a statement from the dog’s victim.

Kirkbride was granted unconditional bail. The defendant's offence is governed by 1991 the Dangerous Dogs Act.