Brighton man jailed for dog attack (From The Argus)
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Brighton man jailed for dog attack
3:40pm Friday 8th March 2013 in News By Ben James
A man whose dogs mauled his friend to within an inch of his life has been jailed.
The Staffordshire bull terrier and bull mastiff cross of Geoff Clark attacked the man on Brighton beach.
Clark, 41, of Horton Road, Brighton, was walking along the beach with a friend on May 18 last year when the two dogs attacked the second man.
Witnesses told how the pair continued to maul the man after he had passed out in the sea.
With the dogs out of control, passers-by called the police and a dog unit and armed response team were on the scene in minutes.
But paramedics were unable to get to the injured man until the dogs were subdued.
One officer received bite wounds to his leg and hand and was taken to hospital. The dogs were later put down.
The victim was in hospital in a critical condition for three weeks and is still receiving specialist treatment.
When Clark was arrested he was found to be carrying drugs and a knife.
Jack Le-Flay, 20, from Henfield, witnessed the “barbaric” attack as he was returning from a night out.
He said at the time: “We could see these two dogs dragging something out of the water.
"At first we thought it might have been a police training exercise or an old tyre but then we could see a leg. The dogs would run back to their owner and then rush back and start attacking the man again.”
At Hove Crown Court Clark was jailed for 12 months for allowing his dogs to be dangerously out of control in a public place, having ketamine and a bladed weapon. He was also banned from owning a dog indefinitely.
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Comments(11)
Metro Reader
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4:11pm Fri 8 Mar 13
raymondo999
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4:16pm Fri 8 Mar 13
Angryoldman
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4:23pm Fri 8 Mar 13
NickBrt
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5:29pm Fri 8 Mar 13
Somethingsarejustwrong
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8:32pm Fri 8 Mar 13
P.Dant
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8:42pm Fri 8 Mar 13
Somethingsarejustwrong
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9:51pm Fri 8 Mar 13
P.Dant wrote:We should have the death penalty for this kind of offence
They say Chris Huhne could get 18 months for passing off his speeding points.
Somethingsarejustwrong
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10:12pm Fri 8 Mar 13
P.Dant wrote:We should have the death penalty for this kind of offence
They say Chris Huhne could get 18 months for passing off his speeding points.
John Steed
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11:41am Sat 9 Mar 13
Somethingsarejustwrowhere is the photo? the wider public have a right to see who this convicted felon is. particualy as the only way his indefinate ban on keeping a dog will only be monitored by the public if they are aware of who the ban applies to
ng wrote:
P.Dant wrote:We should have the death penalty for this kind of offence
They say Chris Huhne could get 18 months for passing off his speeding points.
StyleCop
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10:06am Mon 11 Mar 13
Metro Reader wrote:Winston Smith is clearly at large and working in the IT dept @ the Argus.
Censorship at the Argus, all the comments removed, what is it Argus – unable to take criticism for the poor level of reporting?
rudyslayer says...
4:10pm Fri 8 Mar 13