Such A Brave Lady..

[Patsy33]

When will it ever stop?..
A local single mum taking her beloved dog for his usual walk yesterday, was approached by a man who was also walking a dog. Tried to snatch her dog by pulling on his lead. Woman held onto him for dear life, but not before he punched her in the face , knocked down and dragged along the ground. Bless her, she would not let go of his lead. The man gave up and ran away. She gave police a description. I doubt they'll find him. She did say he had an accent.
She is such a lovely young woman with two daughters. Needless to say, she is very shook up. At least she still has her dog. Terrible for her..

[bednobs]

hasnt everyone got "an accent"?

[Bazile]

Brave yes

Wise ?

[Patsy33]

I'm just repeating what was said...

[LadyCG]

I know what I'd like to do to scum like that.

I'm glad she refused to let go, though. I wouldn't have given up without the fight of my life x

[Patsy33]

She was brave, LCG.
Poor lady..

[tiggerblue10]

Hope the police have enough of a description to find the low life scum. Is there cctv around that area?

[youngmafbog]

Damn savages everywhere.

Might help if they knew what the accent was, whole country is full of them so might narrow it down especially if odd to the area.

[Patsy33]

People are asking around area if they have cctv..Lets hooe so. A description of said man has been given with accent, to warn others..

[choux]

Oh bless her, what an awful experience. I am so pleased she could maintain her grip on the dog lead. What she went through was terrible enough without the loss of the family pet. Another day someone might have intervened or even given chase. Hopefully someone may have door bell footage or other cctv. Her story will be a salutary lesson to others. Bet the "assailant" (not what I want to call him) would not have tried it on with a fit male.

[Patsy33]

People were asking about door bell footage too, Choux. Apparently he was quite a small man. Like you said, wouldn't have picked on a male. Quite a few use the same route to walk their dogs. So a good warning for them.

[Mamyalynne]

What a very frightening ordeal, I do hope they track him down.

[Stickybottle]

I am perplexed by the use ‘accent’

Are we talking ‘Get orf my land you townies’ type or at the risk of sounding judgemental
Eastern european ?

Just asking

[Patsy33]

I don't know Stickybottle...
Police & locals want all the evidence they can get.

[burlyshirley]

Poor soul, how absolutely awful for her. I too would have held on to my dog for dear life, the thought of losing her to scum like that makes my blood run cold. I also wonder if the dog he already had was stolen too. I hope she has a lot of help to get over her ordeal.

[choux]

It appears that there are many cctv's in operation around the country. I hope everyone checks their footage,maybe an appeal post on social media? I am sure any decent person would do their best to apprehend such a criminal.

[sanmac]

Stickybottle, the description of a person includes many factors such as: male, female, tall, short, bald, facial-hair, clothing, white, black, brown, accent, fat, thin, etc. etc. All combined they add up to, well...a description.

[Stickybottle]

sanmac
Stickybottle, the description of a person includes many factors such as: male, female, tall, short, bald, facial-hair, clothing, white, black, brown, accent, fat, thin, etc. etc. All combined they add up to, well...a description.
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Indeed they do
But there is a description
Then there is a detailed description
But when accent is mentioned it becomes a major factor
Are we talking Glaswegian or Essex ?
You mentioned facial hair
Was it a beard ?
A moustache ?
What colour ?
Mentioning a single item means nothing
We all have those characteristics you mention to one degree or another so the more detail the better
No ?

[cashier]

I wonder if the dog tried to protect her, I hope my daughter's Dobermann would protect her.

[Bobbisox1]

Oh this is truly shocking Pats, I hope they get the evil beast , poor lady, poor dog x

[choux]

cashier, I know what you mean, I wondered that too. I imagined the dog was a smaller, placid type, possibly. It may have been dog-snatching to order, say cockerpoo size?

I guess the woman had her eyes closed for at least part of the attack, so an audible description may have been useful to the police. She is going to take time to get over this assault and I, too, hope she has the help and support of many.