District Court judge Anthony Halpin had directed that Cooper (11) and his partner Nina (3) be destroyed.
THE LIVES OF two German Shepherd dogs, sentenced to death following an attack, still lay in the balance today after an appeal court judge postponed a decision on their future.He found the inseparable duo had been responsible for a vicious attack on their neighbour Michael O’Rourke and his two small dogs as they left their Co Dublin home for an early Sunday morning walk.
The Alsatians’ owner Khalid Hamdy appealed to Circuit Civil Court Judge John O’Connor to overturn the lower court’s decision which allows the mercy killing of Cooper and Nina on grounds they were a danger to members of the public.They have been on death row for the past 230 days and remain in Fingal County Council’s compound awaiting their fate.
O’Rourke produced his torn jeans and his pet’s ripped body harness in evidence. Neighbours told how, pyjama-clad, they had screamed from their first floor bedroom windows in a bid to scare off the attacking dogs. They also told the court that if the dogs were to be allowed to remain with Hamdy he would be required to undergo training in their handling, exercise regime, care and security and that they be muzzled and restrained on leashes.
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