A Lavington teenager who set a dog on to a policeman during an attempted arrest has escaped a jail term over the incident.
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Instead, Saemus Nowells was placed on a 12-month community corrections order.
This in effect requires the 18-year-old to be of good behaviour or otherwise face the possibility of re-sentencing.
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Nowells appeared in Albury Local Court on Friday via a video link to Junee jail, where he has been held since his arrest on October 15.
In sentencing Nowells, magistrate Rodney Brender noted how the teenager was drinking alcohol with others on the night of his arrest.
Mr Brender then went on to describe the circumstances that resulted in the charges being laid.
"He was thrashing his arms and body around," he said.
"He had to be taken to the ground and then was handcuffed.
"There can't be a good reason for assaulting the officer and resisting."
The incident unfolded after police went to a Union Road property that October evening about 7 o'clock.
Their intention was to interview suspects over a knife-related crime in Dean Street, Albury.
The three people they were interested in were drinking alcohol in the back yard.
When the officers went to speak to the other men in the backyard, a dog on the property began to get aggressive towards police.
Nowells, Mr Brender highlighted, clapped his hands and yelled: "Get him, f ... ing attack him."
