A woman has denied failing to control a Rottweiler dog that seriously injured a 10-year-old child.

Kim Wilson is accused of being in charge of the dog - called Rebel - when it was dangerously out of control on two separate occasions.

Appearing at Norwich Magistrates’ Court, the 40-year-old pleaded not guilty to two charges that she was in charge of a dog dangerously out of control that caused injury.

The charge carries a maximum sentence of three years imprisonment. 

The case relates to incidents on April 13 and 14 in 2022 when the dog is said to have injured a boy who was aged 10 at the time. 

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Magistrates accepted jurisdiction after prosecutor Hannah Butler said the trial was suitable to be heard before them.  

But Wilson, of Alderford Common at Swannington, near Lenwade, elected for her case to be heard before a jury at Norwich Crown Court. 

She was given unconditional bail until a preliminary hearing scheduled for April 18. 

Her defence solicitors had previously made written representations to prosecutors unsuccessfully arguing it should be dealt with by non-court measures.