A burglar who suffered a “significant” injury from being bitten by a police dog has been given the go-ahead to bring a legal challenge against a police force by a judge at the High Court. Thomas Ward was bitten on the lower right leg by a police dog named Jerry while being arrested in Manchester on October 23, 2015.
The force claims that officers shouted to Ward that a dog was present and would be used and that Jerry stopped biting him before he was detained following orders from his handler, Police Constable Jackson. But in a ruling on Wednesday, Judge Lisa Sullivan said a legal challenge could be brought as Ward’s case had a “real prospect of success”.
“That is a factual dispute which can only be resolved at trial. Whether the release of Pd Jerry without such a warning was grossly disproportionate will depend on the circumstances of the case as found by the trial judge. The judge said in her ruling that Ward was arrested while being wanted for nine burglaries, after leading police on a pursuit which led to him exiting his vehicle. He was later convicted of the burglaries and admitted dangerous driving during the police chase. He was jailed in February 2016.
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