In a recent case handled by Ozlem Erbil Cetin, a man whose dog bit off part of a six-year-old girl’s ear in London has been given a suspended 12-week jail term.
Gary Hindley, 56, of Chingford, admitted allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control in a north-east London park.
Hindley pleaded guilty to a breach of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 at Thames Magistrates’ Court.
The victim’s father said the dog attacked several times, circling them in what he likened to a “shark attack”.
The girl also sustained injuries to her neck and shoulder.
Hindley’s solicitor, Ozlem Erbil Cetin, read to the court a letter from Hindley to the girl’s parents where he apologised for what happened.
I accept you may have done your best to intervene but your best wasn’t very good”
