Guest Anonymous Posted October 9, 2002 Posted October 9, 2002 SLOUGH, England -- A senior member of the British royal family has been ordered to appear in court to face allegations that her dog bit two children, a judge has ruled. A district judge has ordered that Princess Anne -- Queen Elizabeth II's second child -- must attend a hearing on November 21. He made the ruling after the princess and her husband, Commodore Tim Laurence, failed to attend East Berkshire Magistrates Court in Slough, west of London, on Wednesday. Her barrister told the court that she was unable to attend Wednesday's hearing because of official business abroad. The court heard that the princess's bull terrier allegedly injured two children, aged 7 and 12, in Windsor Great Park on April 1 -- two days after the death of the Queen Mother. The royal couple have been summoned under the UK's Dangerous Dogs Act and are alleged to have been in charge of a dog that was dangerously out of control in a public place and injured the children. Under the act, they could face possible fines of up to Quote
Rowie-the-Pooh Posted October 9, 2002 Posted October 9, 2002 :o GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o Bull Terriers r one of my Fav breeds...this is really giving them a bad name!!!!!!!!!!! :o Still, I feel sorry for the kids.... PLZ: Judge the deed....NOT the breed! :mad: :angel: Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted October 10, 2002 Posted October 10, 2002 I'm disgusted at the way the press has dealt over here in England with this incident, the Bull Terriers are getting a bad name for this... Since i've wanted one of these dogs for about 5 years and WILL own one when I get my own house, I hear people at work bad mouthing the breed "blah, blah what do you expect if you let a dangerous breed of it's lead blah, blah" :x well enough ranting. If anything it's made me personally like the breed more! --James Quote
bk_blue Posted October 11, 2002 Posted October 11, 2002 I love Bull Terriers, I've never met one that's ever been aggressive (and one used to live next door and we used to play with it all the time). What will be interesting to see is what's going to happen to Princess Anne (and husband)- can't really imagine her going to prison, I'm sure she can cough up a fine from her millions though. I hope (in vain) that she doesn't get away with this solely because of who she is... I'm not going to profess why this dog attacked and attacked previously, but surely if your dog has done so before, you take precautions in public, no matter what the breed!!! Quote
bk_blue Posted October 11, 2002 Posted October 11, 2002 Anne in Chains? :wink: Well this dog is 13, getting on a bit. Probably nothing... ? Surely the punishment should lie with the Princess but of course that's often not the case. :o Quote
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