6:00am Wednesday 18th March 2009


A FURIOUS father has hit out at dangerous dog laws which he claims are confusing and ineffective.

His four-year-old daughter Molly Conyer-James was left with
horrific facial wounds after being attacked by a Scottish terrier while
at a barbecue in Noctorum on May 10 last year.

She was taken to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital for treatment
to injuries that included a severed tear duct, a hole in the cheek that
could fit an adult’s thumb, and tearing to the lower eyelid and
mouth.

The dog's owner later accepted responsibility for the injuries and
was found guilty of owning a dangerous dog not kept under control.

He was ordered to keep the dog on a lead and muzzled when out in public.

But Molly’s father, Martin, is angry that it has taken almost
a year for the court to deal with the incident, which has left his
daughter terrified of dogs.

He now wants a review of the "confusing" laws governing dangerous dogs.

He told the Globe: "I understand that the sentence would have been more severe if the dog was a Staffordshire bull terrier.

"There is such confusion over dog laws. Are there future plans to address the dangerous dog laws?

"I admit the injuries would have been more severe if it was such a
dog, however this does not undermine Molly’s injuries and a
sterner sentence would have ensured public safety.

"It was luck that prevented Molly’s eye being damaged. However this has affected her view on dogs.

"Two weeks ago, Molly was walking with her mum when she noticed a dog, on a lead, walking towards her.

"She found the safer solution, without warning, to run across a busy road to avoid this dog."







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Poor girl. Thats so sad :love:

I dont understand why there are different laws for different dogs either :thinking:

really sad, poor girl :love:

i read about this tday and i cant understand why the law is differant either.
if this had been a staff/pitbull/rottwieller/shepherd they would have been destroyed :san54:

i feel sorry for the little girl bless her :love:

bloody hell thats awful, as has already been said, had it been a different dog, the story would have been different, any dog can be dangerous, and every dog no matter what breed it is should be dealt with the same in these situations!!

theres a dog thats lives next door but two to my nans, when she was alive, and when people used to come down my nans path it would dart through the next doors garden and bark at people, twice it bit my cousins lad, tore his trousers and bit his leg, it went to court and all the owners were made to do is ensure the dog was muzzled at all times outside the house... they never did!! in the end my nans neighbour fixed her fence for her so the dog couldnt get through!!! had this dog been a staffie or a gsd and not a jack rusell, im sure it would have been destroyed

:O OMG that poor girl the dog shud ov bin pts nope just muzzled if it was like has already bin sed a staffy or summin there wudda bin no 2nd thought or anythin the dog wud ov bin killed! the poor girl its so sad that she now feels safer runnin across a busy road then to a dog whos walkin on a lead its disgusting the way its been treated i hope the girl can learn to love and trust dogs again tho

Poor girl so, so sad :love: :love:

poor girl agree with above larger breed would have been PTS :thinking:

just my thoughts whats a dog doing running about at a barbi anyway i no i could not let mine out as we would have no food and the dogs would get burnt.
better safe than sorry our dogs are always in kennels when bardi on

:thinking: true and a dog that has bitten before too :Angry: