A mother-of-three was attacked and killed by her "protective" American bulldogs following an argument with her daughter, an inquest has heard.
Yes, it's this case. They are just getting around to the inquest. No need to rush, right..?
Elayne Stanley, 44, was mauled by the two dogs at her home in Widnes, Cheshire, on 24 September 2019. An inquest at Parr Hall in Warrington heard the pets had previously been owned by her partner Paul Leigh.
Court orders requiring him to take steps to keep the dogs under control were made in 2016.
And by dumping them with the girlfriend, he avoided that court order, I suppose? After all, who checks?
Jason Lennox, lead dog legislation officer for Cheshire Police, said American bulldogs were "guarding dogs" and could pick up on body language during arguments.
He said: "DJ has interpreted this as a potential problem and has tried to stop any physical contact."
Asked by Ms Smith if the dogs may have detected she was pregnant, he said: "He may well have sensed you were pregnant and may well have been trying to protect you, or trying to protect you and the baby."
If this is the man who is the person who drives policy with regards to dangerous dogs, I think I can see why Liverpool has such a problem!
Coroner Peter Sigee said Mr Leigh had been called to give evidence but had not attended.
The inquest heard a transcript of a police interview in which he claimed he was not the owner of the dogs, although he had admitted owning them during court proceedings in 2016.
Ms Smith said she was unaware of previous incidents involving the dogs including an attack on another dog, which had to be put down, and an incident where another dog owner was injured.
She also said she did not know if her mother was aware Mr Leigh had been convicted in 2016 under the Dangerous Dogs Act.But wait a minute! Let's refresh our memory of what this lying scumbag said at the time, shall we?
Now, Paul Leigh, Elayne's former partner, who used to own the dogs, said they had never been aggressive in his experience with them."
So...will he be charged now? Or do we have to wait another 18 months?
2 comments:
I knew a woman whose son was a drug runner/dealer who brought a dog home one day and made his mother look after it when he wasn't using the dog to intimidate clients. When I got wind of the fact that the dog was being used for this I explained to the woman her son was dealing drugs and the dog was probably dangerous. She called me a liar as she said her son was a good man. Next thing I heard was the dog had attacked her leaving gashes on her leg so she took the dog to be put down. She still didn't believe me about her son though. There's some naive people about.
"Next thing I heard was the dog had attacked her leaving gashes on her leg so she took the dog to be put down. She still didn't believe me about her son though. There's some naive people about."
It always gives me a warm feeling when they suffer the consequences, though, not some innocent grannie in her own back garden. It makes such a nice change.
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