Boxing Day bedlam in Mansfield flat when dog ran amok and police officer assaulted
All hell broke loose in a Mansfield flat when a dog began biting people and a police officer was assaulted during a Boxing Day party, a court has heard.
Police were called to a disturbance at Glossop Avenue after Mackenzie Moore's mother asked for her partner to be removed at around 10pm on December 26 last year, said Alexander Staddon, prosecuting.
Moore's dog Fury, an XL Bully Cane Corso cross, entered the living room and attacked the boyfriend's Rottweiler.
“A melee” ensued as they tried to separate the dogs. Moore's mother and her boyfriend were both bitten and "a large amount of force" was used to pull the two dogs apart.
The court was shown body-worn camera footage of a struggle between Moore, aged 22, and the officers. She denied grabbing an officer's genitals and claimed she didn't deliberately spit bloody saliva at him.
Ian Pridham, mitigating, said Moore, of previous good character at the time, kept Fury in a cage in her bedroom because she knew he doesn't get on with other dogs.
"Her mother and mother's boyfriend had a falling out," he said. “A pan is thrown and a fish tank is smashed.”
He said Moore's boyfriend had taken Fury outside but when he handed Moore the lead, she dropped it and the dog bolted into the living room.
"A split second of inadvertence" led to "all hell breaking loose" and “absolute bedlam,” said Mr Pridham, but is wasn’t clear which dog bit the people.
“She (Moore) is horrified by what happened. She starts headbutting the door, cuts her face, blood runs down into her mouth.
“The dog is probably the most important thing in her life. She is screaming, “What are you going to do with my dog?”
“She is desperate to get the dog back. She has all the equipment to take care and control it.”
Moore, now of High Crescent, Kirkby, admitted assaulting an emergency worker and being in charge of a dog that was dangerously out of control causing injury before her trial at Mansfield Magistrates Court, on October 29.
On Thursday she received a 12 month community order with 15 rehabilitation days. A contingent destruction order was made, meaning it won’t be destroyed, and Moore must have him neutered.
She was fined £120, with £85 costs, a £114 surcharge and £150 compensation.