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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Barney Davis

Bully XL owner whose dogs ‘stopped rape’ says breed are ‘walking weapons’ in wrong hands

Sid Costello

A Bully XL owner whose dog stopped two men from allegedly raping a woman has admitted the dogs can be “weapons” in the wrong hands.

Sid Costello is the owner of three Bully XLs called Pablo, Menace and Purple Rein who disturbed suspected attackers at the end of his road during an incident two years ago. While out walking he spotted a distraught woman running out of the undergrowth in Plumstead, south east London. chased by two youths.

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