A woman has died after being attacked by two dogs at a house in Wolverhampton. Emergency crews were sent to Willis Pearson Avenue, in the Bilston area of the city, at about 23:30 BST on Wednesday after reports a woman in her 70s had been injured. She died at the scene, West Midlands Police said.
And at least the taxpayer won’t be on the hook until any trial of the owner this time:
The dogs, not believed to be a banned breed, were later destroyed and had continued to be aggressive towards emergency services at the scene, the force added.
A 37-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and causing injury resulting in death. He was taken to hospital after receiving hand injuries.
The breed hasn’t been established, but there are clues:
Mr Wright said the two dogs were 'Rotweiller-like' and very powerful.
'They were really big dogs,' he said.
'The other day a bloke was walking down the road with his kid and they turned back because of the dogs.
'I used to see the guy who lived with Carol walking them, but it was more like them walking him, they would drag him down the road.
'He had no control over them whatsoever.
'The two dogs had been there about two or three months.
Maybe Rottweilers, maybe the new monster on the block, the Cane Corso. Maybe some crossbreed. But undoubtedly a risk to the neighbourhood.
If only neighbours felt confident that the authorities would act on reports of this, the tragedy might have been avoided. But clearly they didn’t.
2 comments:
I would like to think that any dog that could continue being aggressive after being destroyed... would be an early, bold, underlined and illuminated by medieval scribes entry on the dangerous dogs list?
That the dogs were destroyed is a good result in this case, but Shirley, the owner of the dogs should be held liable for the cost, after which he could be dealt with under Clarkson's Law.
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