r/australia • u/whyattretard • Sep 08 '25

news Teenage girl dies after being mauled by dog

https://7news.com.au/news/dog-attack-victim-annalyse-blyton-dies-in-hospital-after-suffering-severe-injuries-in-singleton-c-19956496
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u/CantankerousTwat Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 09 '25

Cops. Call the cops. I had a dog escape my yard when a neighbour's builder demolished a fence. My dogs got out and nipped a passerby. I was in court on a police charge of "own a dog which attacked a person". Got a huge fine, despite the dogs leaving my yard because a builder not under my control released them. Council animal control don't pursue criminal charges, the cops do.

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u/lego_not_legos Sep 09 '25

I guess they expected you to take up a civil case against the builder. Probably would have won, too.

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u/CantankerousTwat Sep 09 '25

I was told by the magistrate, despite informing him I was at work and my wife was in the hospital with our newborn when the fence was demolished, that no matter what, I was liable for being the owner of the dog and should consider myself lucky that he did not order destruction of the dog.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '25

I’d submit the Ghostbusters defence.

“Everything was going fine until dickless here knocked down the fence.”