Father of 11-year-old boy killed by dogs in Summerside testifying in owner’s trial - BERITAJA

The begetter of an 11-year-old boy who was killed by 2 ample dogs successful Edmonton is testifying successful the proceedings of the animals’ owner.

Crystal MacDonald has pleaded not blameworthy to criminal negligence causing death of Kache Grist, who was mauled by her Cane Corsos astatine her location successful the Summerside neighbourhood successful April 2024.

Wesley Grist has antecedently said he was a tenant surviving successful MacDonald’s location and his boy was visiting from British Columbia.

Video from the time of the onslaught was played successful tribunal Wednesday.

Some of the footage, captured from a driveway information camera, shows Kache playing successful the beforehand gait soon earlier the attack.

Other footage from the home’s doorbell camera about an hr later shows a distraught Grist stepping backmost and distant betwixt the location and driveway while crying connected the telephone aft uncovering his son’s body.

Court grounds video still of Wesley Grist connected the telephone aft uncovering his boy dormant wrong his landlord’s location successful southbound Edmonton’s Summerside neighbourhood successful April 2024.

Police show up and are seen moving into the home.

An autopsy recovered the kid died from a wound wounded to the neck, and the dogs were later euthanized.

The unneutered dogs weighed 50 kg (110 pounds) and 57 kg (125 pounds).

The Crown is attempting to beryllium that McDonald should person known her dogs were dangerous, fixed the reports of their fierce history anterior to the fatal onslaught connected Kache.

The proceedings is scheduled to tally done Tuesday of adjacent week, pinch a twelve witnesses expected to return the guidelines for the Crown.

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