Carlisle's magistrates' court
We have compiled a list of our five most read court stories published this week.
- A dad of three has been jailed for three years after he bit of part of another man's ear in a late-night attack.
- An ex-boyfriend who arrived “intoxicated” at an address where his former partner was, twice slapped her, leaving her with a burst lip, a court heard.
- A man and woman will be sentenced by a judge later this year after their dog bit three different people passing their Carlisle home on separate dates last March.
- A man has appeared in court after a police pursuit which involved the force helicopter.
- A man suffered a fractured skull and brain bleed when he was punched to the ground outside an Egremont pub.
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