Retired Coal Board driver Jimmy Johns, 82, mentioned he reported the incident to police after his nine-year-old Border Terrier Albie was attacked simply weeks earlier
An 82-year-old pensioner claimed the XL bully on the centre of a homicide investigation had attacked his canine simply weeks earlier – and been reported to police.
Ian Langley, 54, died after the canine pounced to wrap his jaws round his neck. Horrified eyewitnesses advised how the dad-of-one staggered from the scene with blood pouring from the wound earlier than he collapsed. Paramedics swiftly arrived and fought to save lots of his life.
But the “sort, caring” canine lover who “wouldn’t hurt a soul” had suffered catastrophic accidents and died in hospital following the attack close to his home in Shiney Row, Sunderland, simply earlier than 7pm on Tuesday. Ian had tried to guard his Patterdale Terrier known as ‘Beau’ when the XL Bully pounced and bit his neck.
The proprietor of the canine was arrested on suspicion of homicide. Retired Coal Board driver Jimmy Johns, 82, says he reported the incident to police after his nine-year-old Border Terrier Albie was attacked. “The canine got here across the nook and grabbed Albie by the leg,” he advised the Mirror. “It had him in his jaws and would not budge.
“Police got here however mentioned there was nothing they might do,” mentioned Jimmy. “He ought to have had a muzzle on it.” Jimmy’s good friend and neighbour Hannah Glazebrook, 32, witnessed the attack on Albie, which occurred on the finish of August, and known as police. “I used to be hysterical, and afraid for Jimmy,” she mentioned. “The police got here out. I mentioned to him: ‘What goes to take to cease it?’
“Then I heard about this horrible incident.” Another native resident claimed: “They attacked a canine belonging to an elderly man just lately, and there have been different assaults in recent months. I feel it’s time for them to be banned. They have turn out to be a vogue assertion for a few of their homeowners. There was one other incident in London this week, there have simply been too many assaults.”
Ian’s shut good friend Connor Clark, 23, advised the Mirror that the XL Bully was clearly a harmful canine, however “one thing ought to have been carried out to cease it sooner”. Ian, who lived alone and was out of labor, had a Patterdale Terrier known as Smudge for a lot of years earlier than he just lately took in Beau.
Connor added: “There are experiences that this XL Bully attacked different dogs on that property. Ian was along with his Patterdale Terrier and he would have carried out something for his canine, he would have tried to guard it. But he mustn’t have been in that place. If police had acted on the experiences, then this canine would have been taken off the streets.”
Ian’s canine Beau ran from the scene, however was within the protected retaining of his associates final night time (Wed). A spokesperson for Northumbria Police mentioned: “We are aware of comments about concerns previously being reported to police in relation to dogs in Shiney Row, Sunderland. We can confirm we will be reviewing these reports.”
The latest attack comes because the Government lastly seems to be to behave on American XL bully dogs following a Mirror marketing campaign to ban them. In September, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to ban the breed beneath the Dangerous Dogs Act by the top of the yr. An official spokesman for Mr Rishi mentioned a “transition interval” could be launched, with particulars more likely to comply with a session on the plan.
Owners may face a requirement to neuter their dogs and muzzle them in public, the Government’s chief vet has instructed. Anyone with details about the incident can use the ‘Tell Us Something’ web page on the Northumbria Police web site or name 101 quoting reference quantity NP-20231003-0979.
