Dog owner whose pet mauled his younger brother to death is jailed for four-and-a-half years

A dog owner whose pet mauled his younger brother to death has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

Wayne Stevens, 51, was fatally attacked by his brother Gary Stevens’ Cane Corso cross at their home in Derby last year. 

Police were called to a house on Cameron Road just after 5.50am on Saturday April 22, 2023, to reports that a man had been seriously injured. Tragically Wayne died at the scene.

The dog was shot dead at the scene after ‘presenting a risk to officers and the public’, Derbyshire Police said at the time.  

Gary, 54, pleaded guilty to being in charge of a dangerously out-of-control dog under the Dangerous Dogs Act. He was today sentenced to four-and-a-half years at Derby Crown Court.

Gary Stevens (pictured outside court), whose pet mauled his younger brother to death, has been jailed for four-and-a-half years

Wayne Stevens (pictured), 51, was fatally attacked by the dog in Derby in 2023

Police at the scene on Cameron Road, where the brothers lived, in April last year

Following his death, Wayne’s sister Julie Stevens paid tribute to her brother, penning: ‘Still can’t believe it. 

‘It feels like we’re in a nightmare can’t get my head round any of this RIP Wayne we will always love you brother.’

Before the emotional message, Julie previously shared a picture of her brother.

She wrote alongside it: ‘R.I.P to our dear brother Wayne aka trend I can’t believe it still in shock to hear the news you’ve really gone…

‘Why can’t it just be a dream that we can wake up from we will love you always bro and you will forever be missed fly high in paradise until we meet again.’