His girlfriend Eldridge, however, admitted and was jailed for 21 months for owning Max and 16 weeks consecutive for perjury at the hearing on October 10 (Picture: PA)Thornton was jailed for two years for dangerous dog offence with a consecutive four weeks for his breach of bail.

Michael Thornton and Hayley Eldridge’s dog Max attacked 18-month-old Viktoria Resetjnova while he was being walked by a teenage girl in April last year. Thornton and Eldridge had paid a 15-year-old girl with cannabis to walk their dog on the day of the attack, the court heard.