[joeysteele]

Hardly the crime of the century.

However rules are rules and he should have known better.
Maybe he has trouble reading.
Just glad the dog was more behaved as if anyone had been spooked by it, the dog could have been the one paying the heaviest price.

Owners really need to realise that in areas like this, the dog on the lead is not only protection of others, wildlife and the owners but protection for the dog itself.