Court screws Grannie!

Juan Mourep

Vital 1st Team Regular
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/police-confiscate-dudley-grandmothers-dog-8091923#rlabs=1

Police confiscate Dudley grandmother's dog - and court tells her to pay £457 to get him back

Pensioner appeals for help to pay kennel fees after court rules puppy can go home following dangerous breed investigation

A Dudley grandmother has been presented with a £457 bill to get her seized puppy back from a police kennel - and has been told he will be put to sleep if she does not pay by early January.

Christine Liddy’s 15-month-old pit bull-Staffordshire terrier mix, Jazz, was taken on October 22 over fears that the dog was a banned or dangerous breed, and impounded for three weeks.

However, a Birmingham Magistrates’ Court hearing on November 7 ruled that Jazz was safe and would be able to go home. But first Mrs Liddy must pay a £457 fee, which she says she cannot afford.

Mrs Liddy, 51, said: “He’s a gorgeous pet and he’s never bit anybody. He never did anything wrong.”

She believes that Jazz was reported to police by a concerned neighbour.

Her daughter, Claire Liddy, has put together a Gofundme page for Jazz in a bid to raise the funds to pay the bill and bring the pup home.


The court rule the dog is safe, which means that the police confiscated a dog that they shouldn't have, should someone be made to pay for their mistake?

Admittedly she is a yam yam, but even so :21:


 
They should let her have Jazz back, then go out and do a few more 'on the spot fines' to make up for their financial shortfall........ Wankers!
 
It's a disgrace! We need to raise awareness of this through some kind of literary publication......... a Jazz Mag if you will.
 
£457 for 2 weeks kennel fees? Blimey, I know what line of country I need to diversify into what what.
Disgusting way to treat an innocent party though.
 
It reminds me of a case I was involved in here in Norway: One of the couriers working for me (I work in distribution) had a vehicle breakdown (they work in their own cars) so he pushed his car into a shop car park (private ground). When he came to collect it the car was gone, so he spoke to the shop manager who said that he knew nothing about it and that he had no problem with the car park being used this way as a one off, so he called the police to register the car stolen. The police said that they had had it towed away as they assumed it was stolen, what with it being abandoned in a car park. They told him he would have to pay to towing fee to get his car back - over £200.

In the end he had to just pay, the police should never have taken a car from private property without the consent of the owner of the property but the only way to put in an official complaint was for the property owner, not the car owner, to make the complaint as it was officially his property that was violated. The shop manager did not want to get involved so.....

The simple fact is, this was an action motivated by racism imo. Had my, good condition, Norwegian registered car been left in the car park, not a thing would have been done but this was an old, Lithuanian registered BMW and the police know that they can act with almost complete impunity in cases like this so they do.

Police need to be more accountable, if they are then we will trust them more, which should be a very important thing for them, unfortunately too many are on a power trip.
 
ha, cool, I was going to top it up so they could go get doggy today but there have been enough donations to be over the required amount.

Another reason to love breakfast, just saved me some money!

The rules are clear and it is crucial WE are safe first, so to take a dog to check is fine, but to charge kennel fees is criminal really.
 
The Fear - 12/11/2014 10:36

The rules are clear and it is crucial WE are safe first, so to take a dog to check is fine, but to charge kennel fees is criminal really.


Indeed, no problem with that, but if you're wrong, you carry the cost.


 
How can you charge for there own mistake? Feckin disgusting and they sshould pay her compo feckin ba**ds
 
Juan Mourep - 15/11/2014 17:54


The Dog should sue for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.
:1: :19: Do you know what, in today's mental world it would not surprise me :19:
 
Juan Mourep - 15/11/2014 17:54


The Dog should sue for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.
:1: :19: Do you know what, in today's mental world it would not surprise me :19: