Pair Jailed For Attacking On Police Officers with Dogs

Mehmet Koc, 19, and Matthew Joannou, 20, both of North London have been jailed for five years for useing their dogs to savage plice officers. Pc Scott Tiffin suffered horrific injouries in the attack in September 2009.

They both admitted causing grievous bodily harm and unloawful wounding and having a dog sangerously out of control in a public place. The to man allowed their two dogs to attack Pc Tiffin after he came off duty in Wood Green after he worked at the Notting Hill carnival.

As they walked past him Hoannou said "I'm going to get my dog to kill you" and then ordered the tan coloured animal to attack. Pc Tiffin was taken to the North Middlesex Hospital with bite wounds to his right leg, knee and right arm.

Judge Simon Carr told Koc and Joannou that the attack was an inevitable escalation of owning an aggressive dog. He said "This is a type of offence which is causing increasing, legitmate concern in the public. Koc and Joannou were also banned from keeping any dog for 10 years. The sad thing is the two animals involved in the attack have been destroyed, due to bed owners who don;t take care and the right responsabliaty in look after a dog.