81-year-old spared second case
Monthly cost A GRAn charged with allowing her “dangerously out of control” dog to bite people is finally in the clear.
Prosecutors agreed to drop a third case against 81-year-old Alexandra Munro after accepting that pursuing the case was not in the interests of justice.
Munro’s giant German shepherd Wolf was destroyed by order of the court a few weeks ago after she was fined £300 for allowing the dog to attack neighbours while she was subject to two earlier dog control orders.
Despite her beloved pet being put down, she was being prosecuted again for allowing Wolf to escape from her home in Livingston, last May 10.
Prosecutors alleged Wolf jumped on Craig Gardner and bit his body repeatedly before pursuing Jacqueline Baldry and biting her as well.
Following extensive negotiations between her lawyer Iain Smith and lawyers for the Crown Office and Prosecution Service, the case was treated as “not called” when it came before Livingston Sheriff Court last week.
This means the prosecution abandoned the case and will take no further by VIC RODRICK proceedings against her over it. In the earlier case, the same court heard the frail widow was dragged along the ground by Wolf as it attacked a young family and bit a neighbour.
The dog lunged at mum-of-two Laura Borthwick and her children.
The pensioner then lost control of the savage animal which pulled her off her feet, injuring her face.
Wolf broke free bit neighbour Andrew Eardley on the thigh.
Kat Craig, prosecuting, told Livingston Sheriff Court that Munro’s neighbour Laura had returned home in her car with her children, aged five and 10 at the time.
Roy Harley, defending, said Munro got Wolf two years after her husband’s death and described the dog as her companion.
He added: “She said to me this morning: ‘He is my life’.”
Munro admitted a previous conviction for a similar offence.
She wiped away tears as a sheriff fined her £300 and ordered that Wolf be destroyed. Tonight, 7pm Catch up on UKTV Play