Sunday 2 October 2022 11:51 AM Father whose bulldog savaged a policewoman who was trying to help him is banned ... trends now
A father-of-three whose bulldog savaged a policewoman who was trying to help him as he lay drunk in a road has been banned from owning dogs.
Bodeane Rostron, 37, was lying in the road near a junction in Tonge Moor, Bolton, on September 18 last year when officer Michelle Murphy got out of her van believing he was injured.
She soon realised Rostron was drunk and did not have control of either of his two dogs.
The larger dog, Bo-Bo, jumped on PC Murphy's left leg and gripped hold of it with its teeth, violently shaking it, and dragging her to the ground.
Despite her screams, Rostron did not attempt to gain control of the dog, prosecution barrister Andrew Molloy told Bolton Crown Court.
Father-of-three Bodeane Rostron whose bulldog savaged a policewoman who was trying to help him as he lay drunk in a road has been banned from owning dogs
PC Murphy's colleague PC Duncan repeatedly punched Bo-Bo in the face but the animal only let go when PC Duncan pepper sprayed him.
PC Murphy managed to get back to the van and press her emergency button - calling for backup. It took four police officers with a fire extinguisher to get Bo-Bo under control.
Rostron, who had been lying between Thicketford Road and Ainsworth Lane, was taken to hospital to have his head wound examined and was arrested on suspicion of a section five public order offence after using 'abusive words', Mr Molloy said.
In June of this year,
