A DOG owner from East Lancs has lost a near four-year legal battle to prevent her pitbull terrier from being destroyed, it has emerged.
The High Court was told Lancashire Police originally seized two dogs from Kayleigh Dawson, called Storm and Lightning, under the Dangerous Dogs Act in June 2019.
Lightning, found to be a pitbull terrier after police checks, was returned to Dawson under the terms of a contingent destruction order, on condition he was neutered, microchipped, and always on a lead and muzzled while in public.
But the court heard Lightning and Storm, who had also been returned, escaped from her property during an incident in February 2020.
Mr Justice Fordham was told Lightning went on to attack a dog being walked nearby “biting him by the neck, forcing him to the ground.”
And when the dog’s owner tried to intervene to prevent further harm, Lightning also bit him. pitbull shoes
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