AN Islander who warned that he would “chop” a woman’s head off following an altercation between their dogs at Millennium Park has been fined £500.

Kyle Stuart (19) appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday to be sentenced after pleading guilty to “using threatening or abusive words and behaviour” against a female complainant on 9 May 2026.

Centenier Shirley Madden, prosecuting, explained that the incident stemmed from an “interaction” between the defendant and the complainant’s respective dogs.

“According to the complainant’s statement, the two dogs interacted without issue,” she said. “Mr Stuart has then come over and said “don’t f****** think about” causing the complainant’s dog to back away and show her teeth.”

The court heard that Stuart then became “aggressive”, causing the female dog-walker to exit the situation via the path running through the park. But, the 19-year-old proceeded to follow the complainant, calling her a ‘f****** b****’, which led to the woman making the first of two 999 calls.

Ms Madden added that the woman then noticed another female dog-walker in the vicinity and returned to the park because she “thought it would be safe”.

“As she approached, she described Mr Stuart as walking aggressively towards her with his phone up, looking as though he was taking photos of her,” Ms Madded said.

“This time she called 999 again saying she has been threatened, and Mr Stuart is heard in the background of the call saying ‘I’m going to f****** kill you’.

“[The victim] has further reported that he said ‘I’m going to f****** kill you’ and ‘I’m going to chop your head off’.

“These comments were corroborated by the second dog-walker.”

Stuart was subsequently informed by police officers that he was under arrest, before quickly “turning around and running off”.

“One of the witnesses described him as ‘absolutely terrifying’ – adding that she herself was scared, and commenting on how scary it must have been for the complainant”, Ms Madden added.

Stuart was eventually arrested on 24 May and interviewed under caution.

Advocate Julia-Anne Dix, defending, said that her client “accepts that his words were threatening, and accepts that the complainant would have been in distress.”

“Mr Stuart was aware that his dog is not neutered,” she added. “And when he takes his dog for a walk, he does try to keep his dogs away from other dogs for that reason.

“He was reluctant at first to let the two dogs have any interaction, but on the encouragement of the complainant allowed the dogs to sniff each other – that then led to the complainant’s dog bearing teeth.

“He fully admits that at this point he feared there would be a violent interaction between the dogs and that is when he verbally lashed out.”

Relief Magistrate Peter Harris, presiding, said it was “very unfortunate that this incident occurred as a result of a dog interaction” and fined Stuart £500 for his offending.

“That is at the very bottom end of the range of the sentencing guidelines,” he told the defendant.