A Toronto woman who took a dangerous dog to a playground where it mauled a nine-year-old child last year was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail and barred from owning a dog for 10 years.

Patrycja Siarek must also serve three years of probation with restrictions, including that she not live with or have care of a dog, and pay a $250 fine within two years.

Factoring in credit for the time already spent in custody, Siarek is set to serve 340 days behind bars.

An Ontario judge handed down the sentence Tuesday, saying only a period of imprisonment could address the seriousness of the offence and Siarek's degree of responsibility.

"The offence here was, in my view, extremely grave," Ontario Court Justice Miriam Bloomenfeld said. "The nature of the conduct and the profound and indelible harm

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