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Killer Pit Bulls owner under guard in hospital
Leslie Thomside, the owner of two pit bulls which mauled his 51-year old sister-in-law to death on Tuesday, was admitted to a private hospital under police guard yesterday.
Mr. Thomside in front of his premises
Thomside had complained of chest pains and was rushed to the hospital where doctors confirmed that his blood pressure had skyrocketed.
Kaieteur News understands that Thomside who was arrested on the day of the incident might be released today even as senior police indicate that they will be seeking the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution to determine the way forward with respect to any possible charges being laid.
On Tuesday last Thomside’s sister-in-law Joann Carter called Sonia, was killed when his two pit bulls attacked her at their Lot 232 Berbice Street, Block N, Lamaha Springs home.
Carter’s body was discovered just after noon by Thomside, who had returned home from work to have lunch.
The dead woman’s sister Maria Sue told this newspaper yesterday that the family bears no ill will against the owner of the pit bulls.
“I hold no malice against him. We all know what happened, he had nothing to do with it,” Maria Sue said.
She praised her brother -in- law for actually providing a home for her now dead sister.
“He was so nice to take her in and build a little place in his yard for her. We want to know why they (police) are holding him. We hold him as a nice brother-in-law,” she said.
Although there are reports that no one saw the attack or heard Carter’s screams for help, relatives are claiming that they received word that an eyewitness saw when the woman tried to ward off the vicious dogs with the broom she had in her hand.
“A woman told us that she saw the dogs in the yard while she (Carter) was sweeping. The woman said that the dogs made a barking sound and she raised the broom as if to lash them and then is when they held on to her dress and pulled her down,” a relative told this newspaper.
Meanwhile, the dog owner’s wife Jennifer who was overseas when the incident occurred returned to Guyana yesterday.
She initially declined to comment when this newspaper contacted her last evening.
However, she indicated that she was devastated by the way her sister met her death.
“Just to know how she died was devastating,” Mrs. Thomside told Kaieteur News.
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