The Case Of The Labour Activist, A Dog And The Severed Finger
“WHEN I came in there was the finger lying on the floor, cleanly sliced off.
“I wrapped it up in a food bag and put it in the freezer and waited for the owner to come back and collect it, so he could have it stitched on – but he never came back.
“I contacted the police because at the end of the day I have got somebody’s finger in my freezer. Later I got a call from them and they said they had found the owner, Brian Hunter.”
There’s more:
“He told police he had come to the door and the dog had bitten his finger off. If he had felt so strongly about it how come he didn’t come back for his finger?”
So says Mark Munroe, who found the tip of the digit on the doormat of his home Kielder Place, Lemington, Newcastle.
Now “Labour Party leaflet deliverer” Brain Hunter claims Mark’s Jack Russell terrier had bitten off the finger. And he wants £15,000 compensation.
Mr Hunter says he was bitten by the dog, Jack, when his hand became trapped in the letterbox.
“I walked up the pathway and using my right hand, inserted a leaflet through the letterbox of the door.
“Suddenly and without warning I heard a dog growl and quickly removed my hand. As I did so, I noticed blood and observed my little finger had been severed from the nail to the tip.
“Self evidently as I had inserted my hand in the letterbox, the dog had bitten it. It is my belief that the owner, Mr Munroe, was out at the time of the accident.
“Nonetheless, it is my understanding that he in fact reported the matter to the police as he found part of my finger lying on the mat of his home when he returned.”
The matters will go before Newcastle County Court next month.
Junk Mail Deliverer Sues For Snappy Letterbox
Posted: 24th, September 2008 | In: Anorak Pets, Police Log, Strange But True Comments (7) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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September 25th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
well to be quite frank, if you stick your knob in somebody’s letterbox i’d say you deserve all you get.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Any news on how Jack is bearing up after his traumatic experience?
September 24th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
rather fortunate it wasn’t a cheeky little lad seeing how far he could pee through the letter box….
September 24th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Actually, Newcastle is a nice place, and as far as I am aware does not have any more, or less, BNP supporters than places like, say, Rothley in sunny Leicestershire…
September 24th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Well, Jack Russell’s were bred to catch rats, weren’t they? Sheesh, the BNP deliverer didn’t complain. He just grafted on a metal claw and laughed manaically, while raising his stupid kids to hate (and not breed with) anyone who wasn’t directly related to them.
The Liberal leaflet distributor was too afraid to go in on account of the barking, and the Tory one wouldn’t set foot in Newcastle even if you paid him in Krugerrands.
So it had to happen this way.
September 24th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Free the Jack Russell One!
I’ll set up the Fund, Karen, and you can get onto the media…
September 24th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Eh????
He didn’t go to the police himself??? He observed his finger had a bit missing???? His proof of the dog biting him is that he put his hand in the letterbox and so it must have happened??? Wouldn’t he feel that it was a dog????
This story is weird. I reckon he was up to no good and the dog is innocent…