The owner of four dogs that attacked a Japanese girl in Murupara has appeared in the Rotorua District Court today and has been discharged without conviction.
Gareth Boyt previously pleaded guilty to owning four Staffordshire bull terrier cross dogs that caused serious injury.
The 35-year-old was originally charged alongside hiswife, but police withdrew charges against her in November.
Judge David Ruth ordered Mr Boyt to pay $7500 in reparation for emotional harm.
The young girl, Sakurako Uehara, is in and out of hospital and faces years of reconstructive surgery as a result of the attack in March last year.
