A Hermes delivery driver who was bitten on the bottom by a dog will receive £200 in compensation.

The man was attacked by an Alsatian called Jeff while delivering a parcel to a property in Glen Maye on February 22.

At Douglas Courthouse on Thursday the dog’s owner, 60-year-old James Andrew Kennish, admitted not having the dog under proper control.

The court heard the deliveryman was attempting to deliver the parcel to Mr Kennish’s home on Sound Road just before 11am.

However he was bitten after the dog - described in court as a three-year-old Alsatian Labrador cross - jumped out of the kitchen window and lunged at him.

Prosecutor Barry Swain showed magistrates a photograph of the injury the man sustained adding: ’It caused a small puncture wound to his bottom.’

Kennish’s advocate Ian Kermode described it as a ’most unfortunate incident’ saying the dog had bolted whilst the cats were being fed.

He added: ’Mr Kennish would describe it as a nip on the bum and not a bite. Mr Kennish was aware that the dog - Jeff - could be temperamental.’

He explained to the court that there was an arrangement in place with delivery people to leave parcels at the bottom of the garden - however this driver was new and unaware.

He said steps have now been taken to stop this from happening again adding: ’Firstly there is now a sign and secondly the property has a fence to keep the dog in.’

Magistrates ordered Kennish to pay the compensation and £50 in prosecution costs.

Chairman Carole Maddrell told him: ’We order that the dog - known as Jeff - is kept under proper control.’

A charge of being the keeper of a dangerous dog was withdrawn.