Aggressive police dog hunting for drug dealer repeatedly bites frail pensioner in her own kitchen leading to her death
An inquest has heard that an elderly woman has died after she was attacked in her own kitchen twice by a police dog — it attacked her once and then broke free of its owner's hold to bite her again. 73-year-old Irene Collins, who was suffering from lung cancer and emphysema, was attacked by the police dog called Dano after he entered her property with his handler, PC Mark Baines, to search her garden.
After the attempt to locate a suspected drug dealer had been unsuccessful, Dano charged through Collins' back door and began an attack that left the elderly pensioner horrified and screaming. A police sergeant from the Cleveland Police told the inquest hearing that he was shocked that the dog "locked on" to Collins the second time and escaped PC Baines to attack the woman again after the vicious first assault.