Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A Motherwell couple are begging to be present at the execution of their death row dog after a court ordered the family pet be put down.Sanka, a six-year-old Japanese Akita, attacked two men in separate incidents outside owner John Dunsmore’s home.Sheriff Ray Small issued a destruction order after 29-year-old Dunsmore admitted allowing the animal to be dangerously out of control.After hearing that Sanka was a much-loved family pet, the sheriff said he hoped that the accused and his partner would be allowed to attend when a vet puts the dog to sleep.Hamilton Sheriff Court heard the attacks happened in Watson Street in November 2019 and August this.
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