Cops arrest owner of pit-bulls

Sep 17, 2016 News

Police have arrested Marceline Small, the woman, who owns the four pit-bulls that mauled a man to death and attacked two other persons at Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Thursday morning.
Acting Divisional Commander, Leslie James, when contacted confirmed that the woman is in police custody. He said that the investigation is ongoing.
Small is wife of Jarvis Barry Small, who was sentenced to 96 years in prison for the 2010 murder of Neesa Gopaul.
Up to yesterday afternoon, the four pit-bulls were still at the woman’s yard.
The victims were attacked some time between 03:00 hrs and 06:00 hrs on Thursday. The body of the dead man was discovered shortly after 06:00 hrs with bite marks.
Villagers identified the dead man as “Boxers,” a vagrant who would roam the streets. They believed that he was killed while sleeping on the streets, a couple of houses from Small’s residence.
The injured persons have been identified as Wilmark Adams, a GUYSUCO worker of Cornelia Ida; and Ramanand Bhikam, a security guard of Stewartville, West Coast Demerara (WCD). Both men were bitten on the legs.
According to Adams, he was riding to work when the four dogs rushed out of the yard and attacked him, forcing him to defend himself for more than an hour, armed with only a piece of wood.
Adams said that the wood did not scare the dogs away. He said that he screamed for help but no one came to his rescue.
”I see (the owner) had a window open and I screaming but no one came. After an hour, a car came and the dogs run back into the yard,” the estate worker said.
Adams was taken to the hospital where he then made a report. Meanwhile, around 05:00 hrs, Bhikam was returning home from work when three of the four dogs attacked him.
”I see the dogs in the streets but dogs does normally be in that area so I continued and when I reached close, the dogs attacked me. They bite up my food and I pulled a cutlass and chop them,” the guard said.
While the dogs were injured, none of them died. According to Bhikam, when the dogs ran back into the yard, he called out for the owner but no one answered. He then made a report to the police at Leonora before heading to the Cottage Hospital there. It was there that he learnt that he was not the only person attacked by the vicious animals.
It was while there that both men later learnt that the police picked up a body not far from where they were attacked.
One resident identified as Mohan, said that neighbours have made numerous reports about the dogs, since it was not the first time the dogs attacked persons.
Neighbours said that after the police removed the body, Small got into her vehicle and drove away. Shortly after, her brother went to the house and was eventually taken into custody.
When the police left, neighbours claimed that the woman’s father visited the house and washed the blood off the dogs and then penned them.

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