ANFIELD & WALTON
Vol 25 â—? Issue 22
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Anfield man in court after dog attacked mum and toddler By our Court Reporter AN Anfield man has been found guilty of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control after his Staffordshire bull terrier attacked a mum and her toddler son. A court heard on Thursday, May 24 that the dog, Boomer, was on a lead but had escaped from Stephen Montgomery and ran over to the woman to attack her two-year-old son. The woman, Shivani Raina, who was scared of dogs, had spotted Montgomery, with the dog by Tesco’s in Prescot Street on the city centre outskirts. He was trying to get a bottle out of its mouth and it was running around but did not appear aggressive, said Rob Jones, prosecuting. When it came in her direction she tried to wave it away ‘but it jumped up at her son and tried to bite the little boy, whom she was still holding.’ “She tried to move her son to protect him. The dog was not barking but was continuously trying to bite him and she was continuously trying to move him out of the way. She was upset and crying.� Mr Jones said that the dog’s paws came on the infant’s back resulting in his mum falling to the ground still holding him and they both hit the ground hard causing injuries to the child. Mrs Raina tried to push the dog away “but it clamped its jaws around her left forearm and bit down hard. Continued inside
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NORTH Liverpool foodbanks were given a huge boost after council staff donated 1.5 tons of food. Over the past two weeks, Liverpool City Council workers have been rummaging through the cupboards to find tins, cartons and packets to help people in need. In the two weeks, the collection netted more than 1.5 tons of food to keep the foodbanks going. The campaign also collected more than £600 in donations for the cause. It’s all part of Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson’s support for the foodbanks in both north and south Liverpool through the Mayoral Hope Fund. The two foodbanks belong to the
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Trussell Trust network and are based at St Andrew’s Community Network (north Liverpool) and Bridge Chapel Centre (south Liverpool). They provide emergency parcels, including three days’ worth of food and other basic items, for vulnerable families and people in crisis. Between them the foodbanks fed more than 11,000 people last year, including more than 3,000 children. Organisers warn that the numbers continue to rise and resources are being spread ever more thinly. Food parcels are typically made up of long shelf life items such as tinned food, jam and dried rice and pasta. To help, the council’s charity champions set up collection points in offices and other buildings including The Cunard, Central Library and Broadgreen Hospital. And the donations came flooding in. Cont. inside
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