Remind Me Again What We Pay Them For..?

Sophie Tancos, 32, was out with her nine-year-old son Abrish and their puppy Rio on Saturday, January 21 when they were attacked.

Lindsay Scigliano, a friend of Sophie, said: There was one man on a bike with staffies. The guy was listening to music and smoking a joint.

“He was attacked and carried off in the mouth of a dog in front of his owner and her nine-year-old son as well as many fellow dog walkers and died in the mouth of the dog in question.

“Despite a crowd of people trying to save Rio from the dog, we were unable to get the dog to release him.”

Charming.

Ms Tancos claimed the dog's owner tried to flee the scene as members of the public remonstrated with him.

Typical. No doubt if anyone had tried a citizen's arrest, the cops would have been there in a jiffy to arrest them.

She explained: 'The man was arguing it wasn't his responsibility, the police have two photos of him, there have been 1,500 retweets by the community.

'This is such a big issue. It is the responsibility of owners to control their dogs, something has to be done.

'We are having a really hard time with the police, we have given them two clear pictures of his face, but nothing has happened, we've had to do a lot of it ourselves. '

Well, imagine my shocked face!

A Met Police spokesman said: 'Police were called shortly after 3pm on Saturday, January 21, to reports of a dog having attacked another dog in Crystal Palace Park.

'Officers attended and have since been informed that the dog has died.'

What? The dog died at the scene? If you'd really attended, wouldn't you have known that?

'There have been no arrests and inquiries continue.'

Whose inquiries...? Probably not yours.