“He shouted that the only way he would come out of the boat was as a dead man – and would cut anyone who came in.”
Police were ordered off the scene until armed response officers arrived and gained entry to the boat. The court heard there was a struggle after officers persuaded Lance not to harm himself with a Stanley blade. As the officer handcuffed Lance, the defendant commanded his dog to attack him.
“The officer described a large brown dog biting his right arm two or three times before latching on to his forearm and shaking its head violently,” added Miss Eley. The sound of a taser caused the dog to let go and run away.
“The taser was never aimed at the dog,” Miss Eley added.
The armed officer's guns should have been. And they should have been used, too.
The court heard Lance has 13 previous convictions for 18 offences, including wounding and possession of a dangerous dog.
Didn't stop him getting another, did it?
He was on a boat? Just sink the bugger
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