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8:53pm Thursday 4th October 2007

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A dog found butchered in a city park had attacked a teenaged girl hours before its brutal death, sources said.

The male American Bull Terrier, called Paddy, was stabbed 55 times in the throat and stomach on Tuesday morning.

Police yesterday arrested a man in his 30s from Moulsecoomb over the attack in Wild Park.

A picture of Paddy, while still alive, was supplied to the Argus by one of the pet's former owners.

Meanwhile reports suggested the dog had bitten a 17-year-old girl shortly before it died.

One Moulsecoomb resident told the paper: "We heard a teenaged girl had taken the dog for a walk in the park on Tuesday morning.

"It went for her leg apparently but only nipped her. She made a phone call and a man went steaming over there.

"He got the dog by the throat, held it down, whipped out a knife and cut him.

"The people of Moulsecoomb are very angry about this."

A police spokeswoman confirmed they heard reports that the dog had attacked someone before being killed.

She said the reports varied from "a nip to something more serious."

There were no reports of any hospital admissions for dog-related injuries.

Police visited an address in Moulsecoomb, shortly after the dog was discovered.

Officers had been told a dog matching Paddy's description had been seen at a property.

The Argus was contacted by several sickened Brighton-residents with information about the slaughter but all were too frightened to leave their names.

Police and RSPCA also received calls from the public with information about Paddy. They too had refused to leave their names for fear of reprisals.

A former owner of Paddy told of her grief when she found out he had been killed.

She said: "I was completely shocked.

"Whoever did this must be a complete psycho. Paddy was a boisterous dog but no animal deserves this."

The woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, said she owned the dog from when he was a six-week-old puppy and had given it away because she could not trust it around children.

She said: "The dog's name was Paddy and he was about seven-years-old.

"I had him for six years. He was part of the family but he was quite unpredictable around children so we got rid of him.

"We gave him to a friend of a friend about three months ago. He seemed fine, whenever I saw him he was well fed and seemed alright."

The woman said she was called by the new owner yesterday who told her the police had the dog, which weighed 50 kilos, because he had "gone crazy" and attacked a teenaged girl.

She asked him if the dog had been put down and was simply told "the police have him now."

Later on Tuesday, she said she received a visit from the police and officers told her the dog had attacked someone and was in Wild Park.

She said she wasn't told the dog had died and she only found out when she saw yesterday's Argus.

She told police she would go to the park and help find him, thinking he had run off, but she was told to stay away.

Paddy was found by police after they received an anonymous call.

The white terrier, which had distinctive markings on his eye and ear, had been mutilated.

A post mortem revealed Paddy had bled to death but had also had his windpipe cut.

One of the stab wounds had broken one of his ribs.

RSPCA inspector Tony Pritchard said he had never seen such brutality towards an animal in nine years with the charity.

He said: "I'd like to thank The Argus and the readers of The Argus. We have had a really good response from the public and most of them had read about it in the paper.

"Files have been passed to our prosecution department and they decide whether to prosecute or not."

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leanne, brighton says...
9:47pm Thu 4 Oct 07

no dog deserved this no matter wot,it shouldnt have bitten but then the owner should of know its temperment and musselled it,i hope the person who done this gets wot they deserve the same treatment maybe???????

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jus, hove says...
9:51pm Thu 4 Oct 07

given the 'dangerous dogs act 1991', surely the dog should have been muzzled in any case? how was it able to nip/bite a teenage girl in the first place? not taking anything away from the savagry meted out on it later, someone must have had a serious case of 'red mist' there...

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Tracey, Brighton says...
9:51pm Thu 4 Oct 07

This person has clearly got to be punished what an extreme amount of violence he took out on this animal and even the neighbours are scared of him what else is he capable of?

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kevin, brighton says...
10:13pm Thu 4 Oct 07

I knew paddy and he was a loverly dog and very friendly. Whoever did this too him is very sick and needs help.If they were unsure they should of musselled him. My heart goes out too the previous owners. xx

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Zeon, brighton says...
10:28pm Thu 4 Oct 07

Why people still go around thinking they are the higher species on this planet baffles me.. First off a dog is ment to be mans best friend... A dog behaves according to how the owner brings the creature up. This dog did not deserve to die in such a cruel sickening way and an attack which has made me more cautious about walking my dog.. A dog is a family member, One family member that the owners will have lost forever because someone thinks its correct to go and kill an animal for biting a teenage girl.. The fact she was not admitted to hospital means it cannot have been that serious in the first place and therefore could have been a playful nip... I dread to think what the poor creature would be thinking whilst watching its own throat being cut but now its over I do hope its in a better place and the owners should know that My thoughts are with them and in time they are able to move on from this tradgedy and maybe one time some parts of brighton can be a safe haven for residents to live..

Once again sorry to hear someone has lost something which is special... R.I.P little one...

Zeon

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Fred, says...
10:36pm Thu 4 Oct 07

"Files have been passed to our prosecution department and they decide whether to prosecute or not."

Will be interesting to see what action is taken against this man. He storms over to a park with a big knife and stabs a dog to death because it (although not yet confirmed) nipped a girl's leg? No wonder his neighbours are scared of him. This man should be taken off the streets. He sounds like a real danger.


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Mr.Meaner, Just below says...
11:22pm Thu 4 Oct 07

leanne wrote:
no dog deserved this no matter wot,it shouldnt have bitten but then the owner should of know its temperment and musselled it,i hope the person who done this gets wot they deserve the same treatment maybe???????
"Musselled" it? You're not from Mollusc-oomb are you?

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kev, hove says...
11:31pm Thu 4 Oct 07

the previous owner couldnt trust it around kids... why not then? i guess it must have attacked in the past? Not the nicest way to go but why was it loose if it was a danger? Why would anyone want a dog like that for a pet? what a **** dog. On the hole, (yes all 55 of them) i think the local children will be safer, well from dogs anyway, not madmem with knives. Crazy dog, crazy man.

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Harry, Brighton says...
11:57pm Thu 4 Oct 07

I myself have a dog which is a similar breed to what Paddy was, I think it is a disgrace that someone has clearly over-reacted to which seems to be a nip, if something had to be done about the dog then something had to be done, but mutilation of this kind makes me feel sick, it chokes me up to ready the grotesque details of the reports surrounding this incident. I never thought i'd be saying these words but i hope the man who did this is bought to justice and is punished justly

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Bill, Brighton says...
12:08am Fri 5 Oct 07

I feel devastated by this news as a dog lover and human being shame on this mad killer and may he receive his punishment. A dog is a protected and respected member of our community and the sentence of murder should be applied. Let's hope dog ownership is tightened up even more to prevent certain people from owning such a fine animal without specialist knowledge and accountability. Whatever happened to the old fashioned 'dog licence' and why not make chipping a legal requirement? In this incident the collar was removed - if this dog was chipped it may have moderated this man's actions and saved it's life.

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Dawn, brighton says...
12:17am Fri 5 Oct 07

in reply to kev in Hove. I knew paddy well and he never 1nce attacked a child.I myself have children and he was very good with them. My partner played with paddy and could roll around with him as if
he was a kid. Paddy wouldn't hurt a fly so you shouldn't judge him. He was a loving dog and didn't deserve what he got.R.I.P Paddy xxx

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Bonzo, Btn says...
7:40am Fri 5 Oct 07

given it away because she could not trust it around children.
enough said.......

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graham, bton says...
7:53am Fri 5 Oct 07

Time that licences were brought back into play, and people prove they can and are able to look after dogs, including training. How come this dogs has had so many owners? They've all failed him if they didn't invest the time and effort to train him properly. But on the flip side, why have a licence for a dog, when this guy was and is clearly a nutter and needs a bit of training himself.

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Colin, Moulsecoomb says...
8:10am Fri 5 Oct 07

Why is it when Moulsecoomb or Whitehawk are mentioned you get the usual flurry of insults and criticism, most normal people are interested in the content not whether a word has been spelt wrong, so if you do not have anything sensible to say, just sit in your lonely little rooms and carry on playing with your selves, “and you have the gall to talk about Moulsecoomb and Whitehawk being full of thick, useless no hopers” perhaps your looking at yourself in a mirror as you write, or probably dictate your ignorant views.

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Jim, Brighton says...
8:47am Fri 5 Oct 07

I'm just relieved that someone with this much violence in them is now in the hands of the police; it'll be interesting to see what action, if any, they take. Frankly his picture should be published to give others the chance to avoid him.

I also agree with Colin: Eric, making sweeping statements about all the residents in one area of Brighton merely highlights your own ignorance. I read these comments because I'm interested in what other locals have to sya, not to see whether or not they can spell for god's sake.

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Cas, Hove says...
8:51am Fri 5 Oct 07

I think it's absolutely disgusting what that BRUTE did to poor Paddy, someone should do the same to him !!!!
R.I.P. Paddy, run free at the Bridge sweetie xx

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Pat Mustard, Craggy Island says...
9:00am Fri 5 Oct 07

Cas wrote:
I think it's absolutely disgusting what that BRUTE did to poor Paddy, someone should do the same to him !!!! R.I.P. Paddy, run free at the Bridge sweetie xx
Yes, what a sensible arguement.

Its a sick attack from someone who is out of control. Agreed.

Would it really make you happy if we lynched the attacker and did the same to him?


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Reg, Hove says...
9:11am Fri 5 Oct 07

Bottom line dog should of been muzzled. He is in the correct place but via a vets injection would of been a better way to go

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Stroller, Hove says...
9:21am Fri 5 Oct 07

This story has really dragged down Moulescoomb. That man will have to move when he is let out of prison.

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9:25am Fri 5 Oct 07

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unknown, brighton says...
9:30am Fri 5 Oct 07

i think it was a shame that such poor dog had to go that way there was no need for that.

the killer should be sent to prison for what hes done.

its terrible why go that far and kill the poor dog


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Angry at Moulescoomb in general!, Worthing says...
9:40am Fri 5 Oct 07

Maybe we should just flood Moulescoomb. They are only a bunch of filthy mentally retarded pikeys anyway and it will stop them bringing up decent dogs to be vicious.

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Andi, says...
9:50am Fri 5 Oct 07

Stroller, that thug will never be sent to prison for killing this dog, which is a great shame,as people capable of such cruelty to animals, are usually one step away from doing the same to humans - if they haven't already. There are humane ways of putting down vicious animals down, but this vermin obviously knows nothing about humanity.

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Tilly, Brighton says...
9:55am Fri 5 Oct 07

What was the girl actually doing with Paddy when he bit her ? Playing with him, merely walking with him or winding him up somehow? Was she responsible enough to be in charge of such a powerful dog ? Any dog is potentially dangerous and this would hardly be the first time an idiot was in charge of a dog and the dog gets blamed for doing something wrong. Why do people persist in thinking a dog is like a handbag... anybody can pick it up take it out , nothing could go wrong . When are people going to realise all dogs , big breed or small, needs good training and proper handling . What a shame the original owner felt she had to give him away after 6 years. She only says she didn't feel comfortable with him around children NOT that he had ever bitten someone. Definately the guy that did the stabbing should be charged and punished ... though all that probably means is he might get a fine . That is a very sick and extreme way to react to what the dog did. Seriously not normal. What will he do when some girl bleats down the phone to him that a bloke in the pub stepped on her foot .... charge in with his knife to 'save' her ?

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Dave, Brighton says...
10:04am Fri 5 Oct 07

Angry at Moulescoomb in general! wrote:
Maybe we should just flood Moulescoomb. They are only a bunch of filthy mentally retarded pikeys anyway and it will stop them bringing up decent dogs to be vicious.
Its a good job the rest of Europe does not have the same attitude as this guy. Otherwise this country would have been Nuked years ago.
Many Brits go on hols to Magaluf etc and give us a really bad reputation. Luckily most people realise its a few rather than the many and don't hold it against us as a nation.
Just coase there is one psycho in Moulscoumbe, lets not tar everyone with the same brush please.
Its an ignorant way of thinking and is as low as racism itself.
IGNORANT!

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scum, scum says...
10:27am Fri 5 Oct 07

Pat Mustard wrote:
Cas wrote:
I think it\'s absolutely disgusting what that BRUTE did to poor Paddy, someone should do the same to him !!!! R.I.P. Paddy, run free at the Bridge sweetie xx
Yes, what a sensible arguement.

Its a sick attack from someone who is out of control. Agreed.

Would it really make you happy if we lynched the attacker and did the same to him?

yes. yes it would.

moulsecoomb, whitehawk; all the same, at the end of the day. uneducated dolites.

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mousecomb, not 'scoomb says...
10:36am Fri 5 Oct 07

i think it'd hilarious. 'scoomb: pitbulls, litter and baby-mommas. a good example of what urban-wannabe culture breeds.

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Dave, Hove Actually says...
10:41am Fri 5 Oct 07

Stroller wrote:
This story has really dragged down Moulescoomb. That man will have to move when he is let out of prison.
Oh I don't think it has...

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Chrs, Hove says...
10:50am Fri 5 Oct 07

This shows that there should be very strict rules as to who owns a dog. There should be a very very very expensive licence put into force as I believe this would deter numbscull idiot maniacs who commit excrutiatingly nauseating acts on dumb creatures such as a dog, in the first place! Personally speaking, as an animal lover I would make the price of the licence £2,000.

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John, Fareham says...
11:05am Fri 5 Oct 07

and then have a stray problem........ thick as ****

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Amazed at the ignorance, Brighton says...
11:13am Fri 5 Oct 07

People who are using this to tar and feather people who live in Moulsecoomb should be ashamed of themselves. Are you the same people who don't want foreign people to be "allowed" in "our" country, or the ones who beat up gay people on a Saturday night in St James's street?
I come from Berkshire originally, and exchanged into Moulsecoomb a few years ago. Yes, we have our problems here, but to imply that living in an area makes you stupid or ignorant is discrimination, pure and simple.
What happened to that dog is horrendous, but let's face it, he was slaughtered by someone who has serious mental issues. Let's not asume that his location had anything to do with it.
Tolerance, it's a great quality to have.

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JR, says...
11:34am Fri 5 Oct 07

The man poses more of a threat than the dog did, it's well known people start on animals and move onto killing humans, he should be locked up and the key thrown away.

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mousecomb, lack of self irony says...
11:51am Fri 5 Oct 07

People who are using this to tar and feather people who live in Moulsecoomb should be ashamed of themselves. Are you the same people who don't want foreign people to be "allowed" in "our" country, or the ones who beat up gay people on a Saturday night in St James's street?


hoo-boy. touched a nerve there? straw man arguments will get you nowhere, Amazed at the ignorance. 'Scoomb has a long history, predating your move there. It's not the location, it's the culture. And don't blame it on economic poverty. Most poor people don't feel the need to throw chip wrappers over hedges, own pitbulls so they can feel powerful, wear Lizzie Duke, and abandon their children as drink and drugs take less effort and provide immediate gratification - no, most poor people are busy trying to better their own and their families' lives. Some aren't. Look around you. Sure, not everyone in 'scoomb is a pitbull/owner/killer
, but i think you'll find a higher proportion there than you will anywhere else in greater Brighton.

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Tom, Hove says...
11:56am Fri 5 Oct 07

Eric Hove!

Pray tell what has spelling and grammer go to do with the price of cakes??

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Reg Moores, Brighton says...
12:09pm Fri 5 Oct 07

I understood that all dogs should be 'chipped' & registered with collar? Fine of £3,500. Have details Reg

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sharmaigne, moosecum says...
12:18pm Fri 5 Oct 07

RIP littel dog. theowner shold be strung up and shot it was just a nip it snot fare it never hurt nowone or nuthing!!11

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Paul hubbard, Alicante. says...
12:31pm Fri 5 Oct 07

I was born and bred in Whitehawk.My wife was born and bred in Moulscoomb.We had kids and chose to live in Spain.Nuff said.

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Bernard, Hove says...
12:40pm Fri 5 Oct 07

Paul hubbard wrote:
I was born and bred in Whitehawk.My wife was born and bred in Moulscoomb.We had kids and chose to live in Spain.Nuff said.
How does this contribute to anything? Sounds like you're just gloating for the sake of it.

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Confused, Brighton says...
12:57pm Fri 5 Oct 07

Why is it when a person dies people come in these forums and slag them off but when a dog dies there are reams of comments of sympathy and upset?

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Terry, Brighton says...
1:09pm Fri 5 Oct 07

I do not think it is a co-incidence that such a horrific attack on an animal happened in Moulsecoomb at all. Ive been around those parts of Brighton and they are a different breed - almost half monkey half man. Thugs roam the streets, abuse is hurled at you from every direction by underage and over intoxicated mothers as they smoke and take drugs infront of their children who are doomed with a life similar to this in the future. I would not be upset if a huge meteor landed on the area and wiped everyone out completely.

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pudding&pi, Brighton says...
2:14pm Fri 5 Oct 07

I'd guessed that may have been the case, that the dog had attacked someone.
I can't imagine why anyone would do this. Take it to the vet & have it destroyed by all means, but to just do that.
I'm pretty stunned actually.

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Geoffrey Bungle, Brighton says...
3:02pm Fri 5 Oct 07

I agree with Terry. Once I saw a man with 2 heads in Moulsecoomb eating live spaniels and feeding the bones to a satan. The quicker we sink it with powerful dynamite, the better IMHO.
But we should be careful in case Falmer tips over sideways into the crater.

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Nick, Brighton, UK says...
3:06pm Fri 5 Oct 07

From the sounds of it, the owner of the dog killed it to avoid prosecution under the Dangerous Dogs Act. The only honest way of dealing with it would be for the owner to have had the dog legally (therefore humanely) put to sleep and to have owned up to any subsequent police enquiries. The manner of the killing suggests the owner is no dog lover. He deserves to be legally punished. As an aside, I can understand people getting the 'red mist' - even though this case is not one of straightforward animal cruelty, anyone who has committed any of these types of acts deserves quite a good hiding before the police are called.

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Mr.S.C. Allop, On bed says...
3:07pm Fri 5 Oct 07

Mr.Meaner wrote:
leanne wrote: no dog deserved this no matter wot,it shouldnt have bitten but then the owner should of know its temperment and musselled it,i hope the person who done this gets wot they deserve the same treatment maybe???????
\"Musselled\" it? You\'re not from Mollusc-oomb are you?
I come from a well respected family(the Bivalves of Chanel) and take great exception to our good friends and neighbours, the Mussel family, being linked in ANY way with Moulscoomb-ites. They are the true 'bottom-feeders'.

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Angry at Moulescoomb again, worthing says...
3:26pm Fri 5 Oct 07

Dave wrote:
Angry at Moulescoomb in general! wrote: Maybe we should just flood Moulescoomb. They are only a bunch of filthy mentally retarded pikeys anyway and it will stop them bringing up decent dogs to be vicious.
Its a good job the rest of Europe does not have the same attitude as this guy. Otherwise this country would have been Nuked years ago. Many Brits go on hols to Magaluf etc and give us a really bad reputation. Luckily most people realise its a few rather than the many and don\'t hold it against us as a nation. Just coase there is one psycho in Moulscoumbe, lets not tar everyone with the same brush please. Its an ignorant way of thinking and is as low as racism itself. IGNORANT!
Ignorant? Some guy can walk accross a park and cut a dogs throat and stab it 55 times with no one evening batting an eyelid or evening giving a toss? The people that live in Moulescoomb are clearly the kind of people who victimise paediatricians because they cant spell!! And what the hell does "coase" mean? GO AND THROW STONES AT BUSES!!

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Angry at Moulescoomb returns, worthing says...
3:28pm Fri 5 Oct 07

Yes I know I put evening twice. I meant to type even. At least I dont stab dogs in the head!

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ana, scoombville says...
3:40pm Fri 5 Oct 07

Well, wat a lot of small minded people u r, regarding the slur on all the people of Moulsecoomb. if u feel that u need to tar everyone with the same brush,go ahead! Ask yourself then do u then need 2 slur someone like martin luther king because he was black and all black people are criminals. The statement regarding the dog that was so brutally killed ( & by the way most people who live in this area r apalled by this senseless attack) was completely unfounded and childish. I have lived in this area all my life & many people in this area r kind & very community orientated perhaps more so because people like yourselves have the need to lump together everyone in the same mould for the sake of a mere few idiots who live in this area. Its people like you who seperate people like yourselves because you happen to live in a so called better area. Thats wat l call out and out snobberry and a real ingnorance of people and the world in which we live. We might live in an area that people think of as little beirut, the tag which the media and people like yourselves have given us over many years. However from my experience, there are lots of people who notice if your not around, they say hello to u at the local shops, but most of all they care, something thats lost in lots of communitys. All l ask is when u decide to slate people, find out the facts, meet the people of the area & then and only then is it justified for you to pass judgement.

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Cindy, Brighton says...
4:22pm Fri 5 Oct 07

In response to your comment Ana, I still hold my view the Mouslecoomb is a dump. The people they are disgusting and vile human beings, the lowest of the low. I hope to never step foot in such a place as long as I live.

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Cindy, Brighton says...
4:23pm Fri 5 Oct 07

In response to your comment Ana, I still hold my view the Mouslecoomb is a dump. The people they are disgusting and vile human beings, the lowest of the low. I hope to never step foot in such a place as long as I live.

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stu, Brighton says...
5:00pm Fri 5 Oct 07

Firstly this is a shocking attack on any species. The man needs help. But why in this country do so many put the status of animals before that of our own? When we've sorted out the health service, education, housing and child poverty then perhaps we can worry about animals. Also this attitude towards a neighbourhood is laughable, lets face it it's just as nasty among the mortgaged up curtain twitching mock tudorism of Hove Park. They just do it with a newer car...leased, of course. Tolerance, please.

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Dave, Brighton says...
5:28pm Fri 5 Oct 07

Angry at Moulescoomb again wrote:
Dave wrote:
Angry at Moulescoomb in general! wrote: Maybe we should just flood Moulescoomb. They are only a bunch of filthy mentally retarded pikeys anyway and it will stop them bringing up decent dogs to be vicious.
Its a good job the rest of Europe does not have the same attitude as this guy. Otherwise this country would have been Nuked years ago. Many Brits go on hols to Magaluf etc and give us a really bad reputation. Luckily most people realise its a few rather than the many and don\'t hold it against us as a nation. Just coase there is one psycho in Moulscoumbe, lets not tar everyone with the same brush please. Its an ignorant way of thinking and is as low as racism itself. IGNORANT!
Ignorant? Some guy can walk accross a park and cut a dogs throat and stab it 55 times with no one evening batting an eyelid or evening giving a toss? The people that live in Moulescoomb are clearly the kind of people who victimise paediatricians because they cant spell!! And what the hell does "coase" mean? GO AND THROW STONES AT BUSES!!
Angry At:

That is what is known as a typo.
You ignorant Fu**.
Who the fu** are you to judge me.
You are just a......forget it, you clearly don't have the mental capacity to understand what I was getting it. Sentences by you like this: They are only a bunch of filthy mentally retarded pikeys anyway
don't do any good what so ever!
You just sound like a nasty little biggot!
I'm sure you have really helped relations between moulscoumbe and the rest of Brighton today....Well done!!!

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Gina, Brighton says...
7:01pm Fri 5 Oct 07

People seem to have completely forgotton the actual subject matter. While you are all too busy mud-slinging, you all have forgotten that a dog has been savagely attacked and murdered. Whether he nipped a girl or bit her, it is yet to be discovered but he did not in any way deserve what he got. I have 2 staffys which are a very similar breed. My dogs are very well loved and they are fabulous around people and kids and have never attacked anyone. However, I cannot say that I trust them 100% - not through anything they have ever done but through my own determination to be a sensible dog owner. No dog can be trusted implicitly - anyone would be foolish to think their dog is. We dont know how their mind works and what could trigger a response. Dogs have had to fight for centuries in order to survive - its called NATURE. We cannot mold dogs into what we want them to be and also expect them to have our reasoning. Its not realistic. Even if that dog did bite that girl, we need to ask why. Its very rare that dog will attack for no reason. Was he being teased, had he been beaten??? Who knows. Whatever the reason, he did NOT deserve to be killed in that way. Us Brits dont have the death penalty any more so why should dogs? When humans kill, its malicious....when dogs bite/fight etc, its nature. People need to remember that. I hope to god the guy that did this gets what he deserves. Whoever knows who did this, need to get a backbone and name him. Saying that though, I doubt anything will happen to him and 'it was only a dog' after all. WE ARE NOT THE SUPERIOR RACE. People disgust me.

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sue, brighton says...
7:55pm Fri 5 Oct 07

does anyone no who did this?

i think he should get hes head kick in for this,he wont get sent down for long thats if he does, the bite couldnt of been that bad she didnt go to the hospital

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nette, derby says...
8:10pm Fri 5 Oct 07

jesus christ what is the matter with all of you. this isnt about who lives where. it's about a very sick man abusing a defenceless animal. i have had bull breeds for many years and know they have great temperments if they are treated correctly. even if it had nipped(as no hospital treament was needed) it did not deserve to die. there are many rescue centres that would have taken this animal in. unfortunatley this man will only receive a telling off a small fine and be banned for cpl of years from keeping animals. they should give him to me for a few hours i can promise you he would think twice before doing it again

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Paul hubbard, Alicante. says...
8:54pm Fri 5 Oct 07

Bernard wrote:
Paul hubbard wrote: I was born and bred in Whitehawk.My wife was born and bred in Moulscoomb.We had kids and chose to live in Spain.Nuff said.
How does this contribute to anything? Sounds like you\'re just gloating for the sake of it.
Not really gloating.I just feel we had a lucky escape.I have a Golden Retriever who when she gets over excited is likely to "nip".If we'd been living in Moulscoomb she would probably had her head chopped off.It's not very civilised is it?If we'd been living in Whitehawk then maybe the kids would have been stabbed to death,kicked to death or just blown away with a shotgun.As three mates of mine were.Or maybe they'd have been on drugs and died that way as a couple of my other mates did.As I say.No gloating.Just a lucky escape.Surely you don't blame me for trying to steer my family away from these places do you?It's always sunny here too.

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jazzpants, hove says...
5:55am Sat 6 Oct 07

Sounds to me like a local psycho trying to impress the teenage girl,coming knife in hand to her rescue to protect her from the 'savage beast' ..what a sicko he must be,proved himself to be worse than any animal in the process,doing that to a well known friendly dog.No animal deserves anything like this.

Pit bull's are truely lovely dogs,ive been friends with plenty,but like any other dog,if theyre mistreated by the owner they will have problems.

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ayematee, hove says...
6:07am Sat 6 Oct 07

Paul hubbard wrote:
Bernard wrote:
Paul hubbard wrote: I was born and bred in Whitehawk.My wife was born and bred in Moulscoomb.We had kids and chose to live in Spain.Nuff said.
How does this contribute to anything? Sounds like you\'re just gloating for the sake of it.
Not really gloating.I just feel we had a lucky escape.I have a Golden Retriever who when she gets over excited is likely to "nip".If we'd been living in Moulscoomb she would probably had her head chopped off.It's not very civilised is it?If we'd been living in Whitehawk then maybe the kids would have been stabbed to death,kicked to death or just blown away with a shotgun.As three mates of mine were.Or maybe they'd have been on drugs and died that way as a couple of my other mates did.As I say.No gloating.Just a lucky escape.Surely you don't blame me for trying to steer my family away from these places do you?It's always sunny here too.
you were mates with Tucker Tate and Rolfe then ? whens your book coming out ?

(well every f$%*er else who says they knew them wrote one innit :)

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T.Ruth, brighton says...
10:23am Sat 6 Oct 07

Paul hubbard wrote:
Bernard wrote:
Paul hubbard wrote: I was born and bred in Whitehawk.My wife was born and bred in Moulscoomb.We had kids and chose to live in Spain.Nuff said.
How does this contribute to anything? Sounds like you\'re just gloating for the sake of it.
Not really gloating.I just feel we had a lucky escape.I have a Golden Retriever who when she gets over excited is likely to "nip".If we'd been living in Moulscoomb she would probably had her head chopped off.It's not very civilised is it?If we'd been living in Whitehawk then maybe the kids would have been stabbed to death,kicked to death or just blown away with a shotgun.As three mates of mine were.Or maybe they'd have been on drugs and died that way as a couple of my other mates did.As I say.No gloating.Just a lucky escape.Surely you don't blame me for trying to steer my family away from these places do you?It's always sunny here too.
I have recently sold my home in Spain and moved back to Brighton with my family, because the Ex-pat Brits are changing Spain into the Whitehawk and Moulscoomb of Europe. There’s an old saying which goes like this; you can take the people out of Whitehawk and Moulscoomb, but you can't take Whitehawk and Moulscoomb out of the people. I am afraid to say it, but it's the lowest common denominator that rules in these run down ghetto areas and it’s not going to change in my life time or yours if the truth be known.
The trouble is never the areas fault, the trouble is always the fault of the people who live in the area, so sort the people out and you will solve the problem, its simple common sense.

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Me, says...
12:41pm Sat 6 Oct 07

Shut up about moulsecomb for christs sake and actually care about the dog and the fact that the sick f**ker who did this 'may or may not be prosecuted'
Why is it ok to do this to an animal? Why doesnt a crume like this carry a bigger sentence attached to it.
Gimme 5 minutes alone with the nasty f**king psycho and he'd neevr hurt another living thing.
Vigilante justice it maybe, but atleast something weould be done about it.

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Me, Hove says...
12:43pm Sat 6 Oct 07

Excuse my typos but I dont really care about them when I'm upset about soimething this important.

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Jane, Northampton says...
6:57pm Sat 6 Oct 07

kev wrote:
the previous owner couldnt trust it around kids... why not then? i guess it must have attacked in the past? Not the nicest way to go but why was it loose if it was a danger? Why would anyone want a dog like that for a pet? what a **** dog. On the hole, (yes all 55 of them) i think the local children will be safer, well from dogs anyway, not madmem with knives. Crazy dog, crazy man.
If it was aproblem there are places to take these dogs. I would rather have dealt with the dog than the monstrous ar*e that killed it. This man is more of a danger to the public than that dog could ever have been.
I hope he dies a horrid. slow and very very painful death. And then Inhope he rots in hell.

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Paul Hubbard, says...
8:03pm Sat 6 Oct 07

T.Ruth wrote:
Paul hubbard wrote:
Bernard wrote:
Paul hubbard wrote: I was born and bred in Whitehawk.My wife was born and bred in Moulscoomb.We had kids and chose to live in Spain.Nuff said.
How does this contribute to anything? Sounds like you\'re just gloating for the sake of it.
Not really gloating.I just feel we had a lucky escape.I have a Golden Retriever who when she gets over excited is likely to "nip".If we'd been living in Moulscoomb she would probably had her head chopped off.It's not very civilised is it?If we'd been living in Whitehawk then maybe the kids would have been stabbed to death,kicked to death or just blown away with a shotgun.As three mates of mine were.Or maybe they'd have been on drugs and died that way as a couple of my other mates did.As I say.No gloating.Just a lucky escape.Surely you don't blame me for trying to steer my family away from these places do you?It's always sunny here too.
I have recently sold my home in Spain and moved back to Brighton with my family, because the Ex-pat Brits are changing Spain into the Whitehawk and Moulscoomb of Europe. There’s an old saying which goes like this; you can take the people out of Whitehawk and Moulscoomb, but you can't take Whitehawk and Moulscoomb out of the people. I am afraid to say it, but it's the lowest common denominator that rules in these run down ghetto areas and it’s not going to change in my life time or yours if the truth be known. The trouble is never the areas fault, the trouble is always the fault of the people who live in the area, so sort the people out and you will solve the problem, its simple common sense.
So you A)Couldn't get work. B) Thought five grand would last you a lifetime.Or C)Couldn't hack it without the Social.I live in a pretty Brit free area,mostly German and Spanish.I've worked since I got here and pay all of my NI and taxes.I'm a teacher.It is possible to drag yourself out of the ghetto,but you don't do that by staying there.I speak fluent Spanish as well.Did you?If not, lump yourself in with the trailer trash you describe.

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ALL OV YA, here says...
10:49pm Sat 6 Oct 07

Stop bickering about media stereotypes.
Paddy was a lovely dog he used to play with the kids and other dogs near my home, there were no signs of aggression then, even with a Stafford pup hanging of his ear. It's the attitude of the owner that makes the dog what it is, most dogs are bred to work so it is upto the owner what type of work they do, the consequences of not giving a working breed something to atleast work its brain means it will get more and more boisterous, that's when accidents happen.
As for the muzzle there is no law that says they have to have one on unless they are a breed that comes under the dangerous dog act 1991 or are ordered by a court of law. Paddy was NOT a banned breed. RIP PADDY.
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

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glasfryn, west Wales says...
3:37pm Sun 7 Oct 07

Rest in peace poor lad paddy.
animal abuse wherever it is should be dealt with,and in cases like this very severely.
The RSPCA have the new law that should see this person in prison and if their prosecution dept don't think there is a case then what was the point of making new laws.
get him prosecuted and sent down,this country should have a zero tolerance policy for abuse and neglect of all animals,there was absolutely no excuse for this.

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Worried, says...
5:25pm Sun 7 Oct 07

The experts reckon that a mature dog doesn’t advance in their mentality much beyond that of a four year old child; therefore the killer of this American Bulldog has killed a dog that had the equivalent understanding of a four year old child, so relatively speaking and because he has shown by his actions that he was incapable of controlling his dog without resorting to violence, one must assume that he would most probably act the same way with a child who misbehaved in a manner that once again triggered his violent behaviour.

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T.Ruth, says...
5:38pm Sun 7 Oct 07

Paul Hubbard wrote:
T.Ruth wrote:
Paul hubbard wrote:
Bernard wrote:
Paul hubbard wrote: I was born and bred in Whitehawk.My wife was born and bred in Moulscoomb.We had kids and chose to live in Spain.Nuff said.
How does this contribute to anything? Sounds like you\'re just gloating for the sake of it.
Not really gloating.I just feel we had a lucky escape.I have a Golden Retriever who when she gets over excited is likely to "nip".If we'd been living in Moulscoomb she would probably had her head chopped off.It's not very civilised is it?If we'd been living in Whitehawk then maybe the kids would have been stabbed to death,kicked to death or just blown away with a shotgun.As three mates of mine were.Or maybe they'd have been on drugs and died that way as a couple of my other mates did.As I say.No gloating.Just a lucky escape.Surely you don't blame me for trying to steer my family away from these places do you?It's always sunny here too.
I have recently sold my home in Spain and moved back to Brighton with my family, because the Ex-pat Brits are changing Spain into the Whitehawk and Moulscoomb of Europe. There’s an old saying which goes like this; you can take the people out of Whitehawk and Moulscoomb, but you can't take Whitehawk and Moulscoomb out of the people. I am afraid to say it, but it's the lowest common denominator that rules in these run down ghetto areas and it’s not going to change in my life time or yours if the truth be known. The trouble is never the areas fault, the trouble is always the fault of the people who live in the area, so sort the people out and you will solve the problem, its simple common sense.
So you A)Couldn't get work. B) Thought five grand would last you a lifetime.Or C)Couldn't hack it without the Social.I live in a pretty Brit free area,mostly German and Spanish.I've worked since I got here and pay all of my NI and taxes.I'm a teacher.It is possible to drag yourself out of the ghetto,but you don't do that by staying there.I speak fluent Spanish as well.Did you?If not, lump yourself in with the trailer trash you describe.
You omitted to mention that you are also a liar as well Old chap.

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babara whitehouse, dog borstal says...
11:41pm Sun 7 Oct 07

Quite simple really. The dog is supposed to have "nipped" the girl. It all boils down to inappropriate owners who get these dogs to make themselves look hard. There is no, such thing as a bad dog, just bad owners!! And as for the cockjuggling-thunder
c**t who stabbed the dog.. Would it not have been easier and more ethical just to give the dog to someone like the RSPCA if it was a problem dog. It could then have been re-homed with an experienced dog owner who knew how to train and handle the breed? Obviously not!! Far more macho to go over with a knife and give it the "big man"

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today, sussex says...
6:01pm Mon 8 Oct 07

Seeing the paper to day makes me think that they are using this murder as an excuse to scaremonger now, according to the news now, Paddy was a pit-bull. I knew him. It would be nice to see some respect for him and actually say his true breed, not what has been on the news. R I P PADDY.

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L. Norris, says...
1:10am Fri 12 Oct 07

That poor dog, I cant bear to think of the fear and suffering he must have gone through before he died. The maniac who killed him with such violence is a dangerous freak who has to go to prison for this - for public safety and to make an example of someone who metes out cruelty to animals.

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em, says...
3:31pm Fri 12 Oct 07

today wrote:
Seeing the paper to day makes me think that they are using this murder as an excuse to scaremonger now, according to the news now, Paddy was a pit-bull. I knew him. It would be nice to see some respect for him and actually say his true breed, not what has been on the news. R I P PADDY.
he weighed 50kg, and being only 1 was going to get heavier.

hees to big to be a pitbull

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em, says...
3:44pm Fri 12 Oct 07

kev wrote:
the previous owner couldnt trust it around kids... why not then? i guess it must have attacked in the past? Not the nicest way to go but why was it loose if it was a danger? Why would anyone want a dog like that for a pet? what a **** dog. On the hole, (yes all 55 of them) i think the local children will be safer, well from dogs anyway, not madmem with knives. Crazy dog, crazy man.
in aswer to you question an informal survay in the usa, concluded that most pitbull owners (the dog was an american bulldog, not a pitbull) are middle aged women with average income.
www.trupitbull.com/F
amousPeople.html



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