Pages On: Animal Attacks
Animals are one of nature’s greatest gifts, but their nature can be somewhat hazardous to humans. A poorly trained or abused dog is likely to have detrimental behaviour towards people, and can bite and seriously injure them. If an animal attacks you, and there is sufficient evidence for conviction, then the owner is liable, and you will be entitled to personal injury compensation.
Dog that attacked police officer saved from destruction
Posted: 8 May 2015
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Hand Injuries, Workplace Injuries
The owner of a Staffordshire bull terrier that attacked a police officer has saved his dog from destruction by claiming that he attacked due to fear of the high-viz jacket. Michael Leech’s dog, Milo, bit Pc Philip Raymond twice after Mr Leech and his girlfriend had an argument in the street. Milo was due to be destroyed by order of a judge at Manchester Crown Court, but a dog behavioural expert provided evidence that his aggressiveness could be stopped if he were to be ‘castrated’. It was heard in court…
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Brothers issued suspended sentence for dog attack
Posted: 23 March 2015
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Arm Injury, Leg Injuries
Two brothers have been issued suspended jail sentences after their dogs attacked a woman and bit her more than 60 times. Teresa Stinton was attacked by the dogs in Leominster, Herefordshire in June 2014 while out walking. The owners of the dogs – 27-year-old Kenneth Stutchberry, and brother, 22-year-old Andrew Stutchberry – both pleaded guilty to owning dangerously out of control dogs that caused injury. Both men have been banned from keeping dogs for the rest of their lives. In a statement made at Hereford Crown Court, the attack victim…
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Dog owner banned from owning animals
Posted: 30 December 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks
A dog owner has been banned from owning pet dogs in the future after her dog bit four people. The attacks happened on separate occasions between January and May 2014. The owner, Heather Macdonald, allowed her German shorthaired pointer to run off the lead while on its walks along a busy Derbyshire path. The dog bit three women and one man. 63-year-old Ms Macdonald, from Newton, Alfreton, was arrested and charged with four cases of owning a dangerously out of control dog in a public place and causing injury. She admitted…
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Police officer attacked by dog
Posted: 24 August 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A dog is to be destroyed after it attacked a police officer during a criminal investigation. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier/Shar Pei cross, called Dodger, lunged and bit the officer on both legs, causing serious injury. Despite a 100-signature “save the dog” petition, the dog is to be destroyed. The owner of Dodger, 55-year-old Julie Cooper, has been ordered to pay £800 compensation to the injured police officer after pleading guilty to owning a dog that was dangerously out of control and caused injury. Magistrates ordered the dog to be destroyed, with…
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Illegal dog causes injury to owner's friend
Posted: 9 August 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Hand Injuries, Personal Injury
A man that had been walking an illegal fighting dog in public claimed that he did not know that the dog was dangerous. Sean Mills (38) had been looking after his friend’s dog when it attacked another dog while out on a walk. Mr Mills had been walking Kaydee on the 28th of December when the accident happened, seriously injuring the other dog and himself. Mr Mills attempted to break up the fight and injured his own hand as a result. Kaydee, a pit bull terrier, was found to already be subject…
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Police officer receives compensation for dog attack
Posted: 31 March 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Foot Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip
A Sussex police officer has been awarded compensation after a dog bit him while on duty. Figures were recently released as part of a Freedom of Information Act request, which detailed the claims made by Sussex Police over the last three years. Alongside the dog bite, another officer received compensation for slipping on a wet floor, and a third officer contracted hepatitis A. One officer was awarded with compensation for a bullet-casing burn, receiving £500 compensation after the claim was settled out of court. The incident happened in Gatwick in January of…
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