Aaron Joseph's Dog Was Returned To Him The Week Before It Killed David Ellam, 52

[Abroad]

A man whose out-of-control bull terrier attacked and killed his neighbour has been jailed for 10 years.

David Ellam, 52, was mauled by Aaron Joseph's dog while he attempted to defend his own in Huddersfield in 2016.

It had been returned by police a week before the attack because it was not classed as a dangerous breed.

At Leeds Crown Court, Joseph, 30, was convicted of owning a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death.

During the trial, prosecutor Richard Walters said that two months prior to Mr Ellam's death he raised concerns his neighbour's dog may have been a banned pit bull terrier.

Police seized the dog but returned it to Joseph, who lived in the flat above Mr Ellam, on 8 August.

A dog warden visited Joseph five days before the attack and gave him 21 days to comply with the conditions of a dog control order granted in 2012.

Mr Ellam's dog, Rolo, was also savaged by Joseph's dog and required emergency veterinary treatment but survived.

Richard Walters, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said Joseph failed to comply with an order stating his dog needed to be muzzled, kept on a lead, insured, neutered and micro-chipped.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-43044825

 

[Sejanus]

Beast shoulda been turned into dog food.

 

[Just Rose]

Pit bulls have Bull terrier in them !

 

[Dead Stephanie]

The American Pit Bull Terrier is one of the so-called bully breeds often labeled a pit bull. In fact, "pit bull" isn't a breed, but a term used to describe the American Pit Bull Terrier, the Bull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier, and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier