Toronto dog attack: owner previously found to be ‘irresponsible’ by court

The girl charged in reference to a canine assault in Toronto that left a nine-year-old little one with “life-altering accidents” has beforehand been discovered by a court docket to be an irresponsible canine proprietor, CTV Information has discovered.

On Saturday morning, a household’s day trip at a playground close to Lake Shore Boulevard West and Bathurst Road took a flip when an off-leash canine charged towards the kid by means of an open gate.

Police stated the canine bit and dragged the kid to the bottom, and after the daddy and the canine’s proprietor acquired the canine to launch the kid, the proprietor fled. Patrycja Siarek, 38, was arrested and charged in reference to the incident, and a canine was seized. On Tuesday, Siarek was launched on bail.

This isn’t the primary time allegations have been made about Siarek’s “irresponsible” canine possession and her canines’ “vicious” behaviour.

Sabita Singh informed CTV Information Toronto she rented a rental to Siarek and her accomplice in 2021, a transfer that might quickly devolve right into a months-long, $100,000-dollar authorized battle culminating in eviction.

“Proper after they moved in, there have been canine complaints,” Singh stated in an interview.

A court docket choice from March 14, 2022, particulars a violent incident involving one in every of Siarek’s two American Pocket Bullies in December 2021, the place a resident and her personal canine have been “viciously attacked” and critically injured.

“Her canine bumped into the elevator by itself – lunged at that particular person and the pet,” Singh stated.

The court docket paperwork reveal that the Metropolis ordered the canines to be muzzled publicly. Justice Fred Myers famous he noticed video proof of that order being ignored, as later that very same month, one in every of Siarek’s canines was seen once more going into the condo elevator and not using a leash.

Myers added that he seen a number of movies of Siarek “having to make use of her physique weight to restrain one of many canines from lunging at residents, together with a toddler,” and that she had hassle restraining her canines bodily.

“The video of the assault on December 4, 2021, leaves little question as to the vicious conduct of which the canines are succesful. They shouldn’t be in a condominium with individuals and youngsters with house owners who will not be prepared or in a position to defend their neighbours,” Myers wrote within the choice.

In response to Singh, animal management visited the unit as her former tenants weren’t complying with the principles of the Harmful Canine order.

“We thought animal management was going to take the canine away at that time and as an alternative they walked out of the constructing and handed the canines proper again to them,” Singh stated.

The court docket choice reveals the canines have been eliminated in February 2022, however since they weren’t ordered to be confiscated, they have been returned to Siarek, who left with them.

It was later believed the canines returned to the unit, as full canine bowls and pee pads remained contained in the rental, canine droppings have been discovered on two separate events on the balcony, and one other resident, dwelling straight under, testified that “a bag stuffed with canine excrement had been dropped onto her patio and exploded.”

After quite a few warnings and missed court docket hearings, Myers decided that Siarek and her accomplice breached earlier court docket orders and ordered their eviction.

“The problem right here is that the tenants hold canines that they don’t prepare or management to keep away from mauling individuals or others’ pets,” Myers wrote in his choice. “The canines have been labelled ‘harmful’ by the Metropolis. But the tenants have left the canines roam the halls.”

When Singh discovered of Siarek’s arrest on Sunday, she was horrified.

“I am extraordinarily indignant by what occurred. It might have been prevented and it is heartbreaking to see this little one has been mauled because of this,” Singh stated.

“I am disillusioned within the metropolis and particularly disillusioned in animal management for not doing their job.”

Whereas animal companies seized the canine concerned within the newest canine assault, they declined to remark because the matter is at present in entrance of the courts.

With recordsdata from CTV Information Toronto’s Abby O’Brien