Men argued about ‘right of way’ before fatal Wakefield dog attack, court told

Police tape blocked the entrance at the old train line footpath off Blacker Lane in the Calder Grove area of Wakefield, where a 55-year-old man was bitten by a dog - (PA)

A man has appeared in court accused of manslaughter after his German Shepherd fatally bit a man on a footpath in Wakefield following an argument about “right of way”.

Emergency services were called to reports of an altercation on the old train line footpath off Blacker Lane in the Calder Grove area on Saturday afternoon.