An XL Bully escaped from a home in Wellingborough and launched a vicious attack on a female passer-by who was with her teenage daughter. The dog locked on to the woman’s forearm and caused an horrific injury, which paramedics initially told her could lead to the loss of her arm.
Owner Ruben Marques appeared at Northampton Crown Court yesterday (Thursday, November 23) to be sentenced for a single charge of allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control.
An attack out of the blue? Well, Reader, no:
The court was told that the dog had previously been involved in an incident with another dog in which a neighbour had received a minor bite wound. At that point the dog was just eight months old and police seized it.
But it was later returned to Marques who said that when it came back it had grown much bigger.
Yes, they do that, don't they?
Marques, who has four young children at home, was told by officers to muzzle the dog in public. He had been keeping it at home in a cage and tied up with cord, but police who attended the scene in August last year said that the cage was clearly not substantial enough to enclose such a powerful dog who had displayed aggressive behaviour on a previous occasion.
Oh, FFS!
Marques was given a six month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay the victim £750 in compensation. Titan was taken by police and was destroyed several weeks after the incident.
Another victim of police and justice system failure, as much as of the animal itself...
H/T: BullyWatchUK via Twitter
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