The owner of a dangerous dog in Bristol faces wearing an electronic tag after his pet attacked a woman and her dog.

Lyn Parcell's Staffordshire bull terrier Ryan was found to have injured Chrissy Stockdale and her boxer Stumpy after an incident in Kingsdown on April 5.

Mrs Stockdale was taken to Bristol Royal Infirmary after suffering lacerations, while her dog had to be treated at a vets the day after, a court heard.

Parcell, of Carolina House in Dove Street, Kingsdown, had pleaded not guilty to being in charge of a dog that was dangerously out of control in a public place.

But he was found guilty after a day-long trial at Bristol Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Magistrates imposed a community order for six weeks, with a curfew from 10pm until 8am enforced by an electronic tag.

The 44-year-old defendant was also ordered to pay £100 compensation to Mrs Stockdale, £150 costs and to put Ryan on a lead and a muzzle when out in public. No application was made to destroy the dog.

The court heard Mrs Stockdale had been out walking her dog with her husband Richard at about 8.45pm when the attack happened in Dove Street.

The Stockdales were living in Dove Street at the time, but have since moved to Margate in Kent.

Mrs Stockdale, a housewife, said: "We crossed over the road to Carolina House and walked on the pavement to the hospital. I heard a dog growling on the other side of the railings and this dark coloured Staff came under them.

"He went for our dog's throat and chest area. It all happened so quickly.

"A man came up from the railings and my husband shouted at him to get his dog under control.

"He was drunk, he smelled strongly of alcohol. This man whacked at the dog with a stick, it was circling us to get away from him and then attacked us.

"I was crouching down to reassure our dog and this dog got my arm. I had seven wounds, one of which has left a scar on my forearm."

Mrs Stockdale described the man as having a Welsh accent, and said he called the black coloured dog "Bryan" or "Bryn".

The court heard the man with the stick got the dog away from the Stockdales, who then went to hospital because Mrs Stockdale was bleeding.

Mr Stockdale later picked Parcell out of a line up and he was arrested.

Parcell, who has a Welsh accent, denied he was the man with the dog, or that the dog was his. He told the court he owned a Staffordshire bull terrier, but it was called "Ryan" not "Bryan", and it was brindle, not black.

He said there were a number of people with Staffs in his tower block, and that the description did not match him.

Parcell said: "Ryan is a rescue dog, I have owned him since April 2007.

"He's brilliant, he's totally non-aggressive and loved people. He's a diamond, a diamond dog."

But magistrates said they were satisfied Parcell was the owner of the dog involved in the attack.

After the trial the court was told Parcell, who suffers from Hepatitis C, had 42 previous convictions for 119 offences, the last in 2006. His solicitor Giles Nelson indicated he would appeal against the conviction.