A dad-of-three has been banned from owning dogs after one of his bulldogs savaged a police officer who was trying to help him.
Bodeane Rostron was lying in the road near the junction of Thicketford Road and Ainsworth Lane, in Tonge Moor, Bolton, on September 18 last year when officer Michelle Murphy got out of her van believing he was injured. She soon realised Rostron was drunk and did not have control of either of his two dogs.
The larger dog, Bo-Bo, jumped on PC Murphy’s left leg and gripped hold of it with its teeth, violently shaking it, and dragging her to the ground. Despite her screams, Rostron did not attempt to gain control of the dog, prosecution barrister Andrew Molloy told Bolton Crown Court.
