Another Pathetically Lenient Sentence & Authority Incompetence …

A mum-of-five whose dogs savaged a pensioner has been jailed after ignoring warnings about the “vicious” animals.

'Savaged' doesn't quite fully sum up the damage done here:

Vic Franklin had to have his arm and leg amputated after being attacked by Chloe Taylor’s two rottweilers in Lewes Close in Bognor.

This is the case reported last year, and it's another one replete with all the usual issues; totally innocent victim, filthy chav owners of the vicious mutts, idiot onlookers weeping because armed police shot the poor doggies... 

Taylor, 27, wept as she was taken down today after being jailed for 27 months and told she will spend at least half in custody.

But she's not the only person who should be in the dock, not by a long chalk:

Judge William Ashworth told Taylor she ignored repeated warnings about the dogs who she knew were getting out of her insecure garden.

"The dogs were left insecure outside in the garden,” he said.

"A garden they had escaped from many times before and a garden you were aware was not secure."

The judge said Taylor had been officially warned about neighbours’ concerns and advised she was in breach of the tenancy agreement by keeping them at the house.

All those warning, and yet, they were never followed up by action. What was the point? 

A series of warnings over the aggression shown by the dogs were issued and ignored by locals, council and police, the judge said. The last warning came two days before Mr Franklin was attacked.

If they had acted on that one, he might still have all four limbs. And in fact, he doesn't owe his survival to the police who finally turned up to end the threat permanently, but to a civilian - his neighbour: 

The rottweilers mauled Mr Franklin for 11 minutes before his neighbour appeared after hearing the dogs barking and shouting. His partner looked out at the horrific scene outside and shouted: "Oh God, there is a man being attacked by a dog."

Mr Jones armed himself with a large spirit level and went out to confront the dogs.

Hard not to agree with this commenter: