Steve Bennett used a plank of wood to get a Japanese Akita dog off Yusuf Mayet, after it dragged him to the floor and ripped a chunk out of his arm.
The 11-year-old has been left scarred for life after needing two major surgeries. Police said the attack, near Jessop Park in Batley, was a “freak accident” and the dog had been put down.But the unfortunate victims aren’t taking this lying down:
But Yusuf’s family and Mr Bennett were outraged by the comments and claimed the dog had attacked neighbours in the same street. Mr Bennett, of Park Croft, Batley, said: “It was like something out of a horror film.
“A dog does not do something like that for it just to be called a freak accident. “We have been told by our neighbours it had gone for people before. The dog was clearly out of control.”And at the first whiff of bad publicity, the police announce ‘a review’:
Insp Neil Money of the Batley, Birstall and Birkenshaw Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “Clearly this incident has caused concern among residents in the local community, as would any incident where a young child is injured.
“As a result, I have asked my officers to review the circumstances of what took place. “As previously stated, the dog in the case was voluntarily destroyed by its owner.”Well, so what? The fate of the dog is no longer the issue. What’s at stake now is why no arrests have been made, surely?
And the issue is you claiming – as the police so often do – that this was a ‘freak accident’, rather than yet another instance of a known dangerous dog you couldn't be bothered to deal with the first few times:
PC Louise Hurst from Batley NPT said: “The dog was not a dangerous breed and had been well secured and muzzled by his owner on his own property.”Did it never occur to you, sweetie, that it was a touch unusual for a dog to be kept muzzled on its own property? Did you think it was a cosmetic choice, like those cutesie-poo little glittery jackets they make for lapdogs?
XX Japanese Akita dog....Yusuf Mayet, after it dragged him to the floor and ripped a chunk out of his arm. XX
ReplyDeleteYusuf Mayet???
Good patriotic dog, if you ask me.
Even if it IS an incomer. Intergration at its best.
Great story Julia and i'm sure Melvin will be along in a minute to give his unwanted and incoherent opinion. However how can you tell that the police were told about previous incidents involving this dog or are you a mind-reader?
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These poor dumb pack creatures have little intelligence; possess no moral compass and their violent actions are usually triggered by primal instinct. However it would trouble most of us to see them 'put down' and a National sterilisation campaign offers a humane long term solution.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, the need to guard the public against plod's other vices, such as insatiable greed, sloth and an inability to tell truth, is the other imperative.
@ WC Jaded
ReplyDeleteSee me later for the illustrated version with simple captions.
When you write this rubbish Melvin do you think it's funny? It isn't by the way,you come across as a sad obsessive little man.
ReplyDeleteSee me later for the illustrated version with simple captions.
Jaded
Always good to read the comments when MTG and (WPC?) Jaded get going. Both make valid points, they entertain and educate at the same time. More I say, more.
ReplyDeleteLove the long-nail scratching, Jaded.
ReplyDeleteBut do scrub them before attending to that 'hard to reach' itch between my shoulder blades. You can't be too careful, dear.
Julia,I will be very disappointed if you don't do a post tomorrow about the burglar up a tree in Charlton.It will send Melvin into a frenzy.
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@ WC Jaded
ReplyDeleteA pathetically slow arrest...but a greater disappointment arises when someone in your position fails to appreciate he is not a 'burglar' until convicted of the offence.
Homework: My Big Word Book - (see guide to The Theft Act sec 9.)
Old Melvin has got you there Jaded...seeeee... he know the law..knowledge honed whilst writing his amazingly long letters in spidery scrawl PLUS illustrations on izal bog paper (both sides) in green ink to the Met Commissioner and various chief constables over many years. Oh yes, no flies on our Melv.
ReplyDeleteStill, the tin foil industry has done well out of him over the years, not a surface now uncovered in his lair .
Then there's his stockpiling of typewriter ribbons for the Petite child's typewriter Santa got him when he was six and dreamed of being a famous author .... which of course he is.....in his head.
God bless yer Melv. We're keeping you alive - if you'd just not argued with that plod and ended up being summonsed all those years ago, things could have been so different for you.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !
Unfortunately Melvin you are wrong,a strange concept for you I know.
ReplyDeleteI looked up tree-man at work yesterday and he has several convictions for burglary so he is a burglar.If you need any more help with section 9 of the Theft Act 1968 then please let me know.
If only there was an offence of being a pompous arse then you would be a recidivist.
Jaded
@ WC Jaded
ReplyDeleteIt is plainly true that the identity of the suspect is known and your implied PNC data may or may not prove to be factually correct. Perhaps your claims can be justified and your check was not sourced for personal reasons or motivated by idle curiosity.
However the consequences of flouting Met protocol and publishing this privileged information, are serious. Passing personal data from other police records to a third party, is made a criminal offence by the Data Protection Act. Recidivous yourself, dear?
You certainly share Gadget's weaknesses for smearing citizens and cowardly libel. These vices are more likely to lead to another plod 'outing' when they are combined with stupidity.
There will be little sympathy for you should the merde hit the fan when your boasts find their way to the suspect lawyer's screen.
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ReplyDeleteGod bless yer Melv. We're keeping you alive - if you'd just not argued with that plod and ended up being summonsed all those years ago, things could have been so different for you.XX
His MAJOR life change was when he got black balled from the Buffaloes.
"Good patriotic dog, if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteEven if it IS an incomer."
*chuckles*
"However how can you tell that the police were told about previous incidents involving this dog or are you a mind-reader?"
It's possible the neighbours just grumbled amongst themselves, it's true.
But there have been so many of these cases now, it's reasonable to assume that the police were made aware and did nothing. Again.
"But there have been so many of these cases now, it's reasonable to assume that the police were made aware and did nothing. Again."
ReplyDeleteAbsolute solid evidence Julia,welcome to the police force.
Jaded
Avoid the word absolute, Jaded. The philosophical concept is way, way over your head.
ReplyDeleteAll matter is full of holes; nothing is solid. It is therefore the most inappropriate adjective to qualify evidence. I thought you would know this, being educatid and all.