A man who told his dog "to bite Muslims as they kill people" has been jailed. Jakub Wendland, of Rochdale, set his dog on a man as he left a mosque in Levenshulme during Ramadan, Manchester Crown Court was told. Later the same day, he tried to get the dog to attack a woman he believed to be Muslim.
Wendland, who pleaded guilty to assault, causing injury and using racially-aggravated words, was sentenced to 30 months in prison.
At 10:40 BST on 25 June, a man was leaving a mosque close to Crowcroft Park when he was set upon by Wendland's cross-breed bull terrier, the court heard. When it bit the man's arm, Wendland punched him in the face. Two hours later, he blocked the path of a woman on Market Street near Piccadilly Gardens and repeatedly told his dog to bite her "because she was Muslim".
Passers-by intervened and prevented the animal from biting her, said the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
