Owner of Summerside dogs that killed boy tells court training was in the works - BERITAJA

The proprietor of 2 dogs that killed an 11-year-old boy says she was moving to get her Cane Corsos trained earlier the fatal attack.

Crystal MacDonald is connected proceedings facing a complaint of criminal negligence causing death aft Kache Grist was fatally mauled by her Cane Corsos astatine her location successful the Summerside neighbourhood successful April 2024.

Court has heard the unneutered dogs, who weighed 50 kg (110 pounds) and 57 kg (125 pounds), severely a female astatine MacDonald’s location little than 2 months earlier Kache’s death.

Tina Kelepouris went to MacDonald’s location pinch 2 different friends successful February 2024.

She had been interacting and playing pinch the dogs for respective unremarkable minutes successful the backyard, erstwhile the dogs unexpectedly attacked her.

Kelepouris spent 4 days successful infirmary pinch 3 surgery ribs, a punctured lung and much than a twelve stitches each complete her body.

MacDonald said she had not arrived astatine her location yet erstwhile the onslaught happened, adding that the 3 friends fto themselves inside.

She said she told 1 of the friends many times that she did not want anyone playing pinch her dogs, arsenic they had already killed a Pomeranian, a cat, and injured different personification astatine the house.

MacDonald said aft the onslaught connected Kelepouris, she contacted respective places to person her dogs trained and had an assignment lined up to neuter the much fierce dog.

The Crown, which wrapped up its lawsuit Thursday, opened the proceedings saying it would effort to beryllium McDonald should person known her dogs were dangerous, fixed the reports of their fierce history anterior to the fatal onslaught connected Kache.

The proceedings was antecedently told the unneutered dogs, which weighed much than 100 pounds each, had a history of attacking group and sidesplitting animals.

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With files from Karen Bartko, BERITAJA