LONDON (AP) — Algeria winger Said Benrahma has been fined 12,000 pounds ($16,000) for owning dangerous dogs that attacked a golden retriever in 2023 when he played for West Ham.

Benrahma admitted to two counts of owning dangerously out of control dogs when he lived in east London. He appeared Thursday via video link from a car in Saudi Arabia, where he now plays.

Benrahma's two dogs, both XL bullies that escaped from his home, attacked a golden retriever named Bailey and injured a man in July 2023, according to testimony at Willesden Magistrates’ Court. The retriever required veterinary treatment and its owner sustained grazes to his arms and legs.

The 30-year-old Benrahma’s defense was that the dogs escaped from a side gate left open by someone working for him at the time.

The dogs no

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