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A teenage boy avoided jail over terrorism offences as the judge felt prison would do more harm than good .
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image captionStark s handler feared the dog would be killed, a court has heard
A 17-year-old boy who hit a police dog more than 20 times over the head with a machete has been sentenced to a detention order.
Police investigated reports of a break-in at allotments in Handsworth, Birmingham, on 14 November.
Despite being told to put a weapon down, the boy continued to swing the machete wildly , a prosecutor has said.
The teenager was given an eight-month detention training order at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Friday.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has admitted causing unnecessary suffering to three-year-old Stark and possessing a machete in a public place.
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West Midlands Police dog Stark was struck more than 20 times (Image: BPM MEDIA)
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