Police seized a dog after 'terrifying ordeal' for woman on lunchtime walk
Julia Critchley was walking in the town with her two small Cockapoos at around 12.30pm, during a lunch break from work. Taking the same route everyday, Julia was walking towards the cemetery in Accrington and noticed a man standing with a dog on Whitewell Drive.
"Literally, the next minute, this huge dog came charging over to me and was all over my girls. There was a man walking, I asked is this your dog? It wasn't and he carried on walking, he didn't help. "For the next 10 to 15 minutes, I was getting hold of my dogs and throwing them over the wall," Julia added. "It jumped over there and tried to mate with both of them.
Calling the police, they arrived on the scene but Julia says she didn't receive much help from anyone at the time. "He had no empathy, no duty of care and didn't ask, are you alright love? You're clearly distressed. I was shaking and going through the worst experience I had ever been through in my life."
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