Stephen and Layla McGuigan leave court in Liverpool today (December 10) (Image: Liverpool Echo)

A married couple have been found guilty after the noise from their barking dogs “took over” their neighbours’ lives. Stephen and Layla McGuigan have been told to pay more than £7,000 in total following complaints over their 14 dogs.

The couple, of St David Road, Eastham, Wirral , both appeared in Liverpool Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, December 10 and were each found guilty by District Judge Paul Healey of four charges related to the contravention or failure to comply with a noise abatement notice. These had been denied by the couple who claimed they had taken steps to address concerns and accused those raising issues of unconscious bias and lies.

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