Judge wants DVD to prove dog is safe

A district judge said he wanted to see video evidence of how safe a dog was around children before deciding what should become of the Golden Retriever who bit an 11-year-old girl last summer.

The mother of the girl who was attacked by the dog, who bit her on the elbow and four times on her back, said she did not understand why her daughter had to grow up in a neighbourhood with the dog still living there.

Judge Con O’Leary said he wanted to see evidence on DVD of the dog being walked in areas where other dogs and children were present so that he could see if steps to manage the dog since the incident were as effective as described yesterday at Cork District Court.