...and his killer beasts were just as bad.
She and her two neighbours were forced to lock themselves inside the property where Lucille had lived for more than 40 years as the police were called.
Paramedics could not help Mrs Downer until Pritchard himself returned home and got the dogs away from her.
How did he manage to do that faster than armed cops could turn up and gun the beasts down in the street? Was it because he was more worried about the cannabis farm at his house?
Pritchard, 44, was jailed for a total of 57 months at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Tuesday. He also received four months behind bars under the Dangerous Dog Act, as well as 12 months for drug offences, to run consecutively. He was ordered to serve half of the sentence in prison and the second half on licence.
Four months. Well, actually, two. Is that all a life is worth?
Sentencing, Judge Michael Chambers KC said Mrs Downer was the victim of a 'dreadful and sustained attack'.
He said: 'Only a matter of weeks previously, the dogs had escaped into another neighbour's garden. What occurred was entirely foreseeable. '
Except, of course, to the police and authorities.
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At least the sentences are to run consecutively rather than concurrently: a first, I think, in your reports on the scrotery and their court appearances.
"At least the sentences are to run consecutively rather than concurrently: a first, I think..."
Yes, I had to read that twice to make sure it had been reported correctly!
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