Beja: Baby family who died after bitten by pit bull accused by MP.
The Public Prosecutor's Office ordered Dinis Janeiro's parents and grandmother to trial in a collective court, or baby 17 months who died after being attacked by a dog race crossed PitBull, with 9 years and large, being accused of the crime of negligent homicide.
Has learned the Lidador News, the accused requested that the trial be carried out in a jury trial, which does not happen in Beja County, for at least 25 year old. The draw of 5 effective elements and 5 substitutes who will make up the jury, took place last Friday morning.
Animal Attack, name "Zico", It occurred at the end of the day 6 January 2013, in Apartment Housing Estate, in Beja, when the baby, who was in his grandparents' house, was attacked by the animal after a power outage.
Given the proximity of the Hospital José Joaquim Fernandes, was the mother of Dinis Janeiro who carried the child to the Emergency hospital, not having been triggered INEM, fire or PSP.
The baby had a head injury very serious, I tendo subsequently been evacuated from helicopter or Santra Maria Hospital, where he died, 24 hours after being admitted there.
On the morning of the day after the attack, officials Kennels Cattery Intermunicipal of Amalga (CAGIA) accompanied by Police officers of Criminal Investigation of the PSP and the municipal veterinary, They collected the animal home and took him to the kennel, which should have been slaughtered.
Then followed a process in which a judge of the Beja Administrative and Fiscal Court upheld an appeal of Animal-Association of Animal Protection, who became an assistant in the criminal proceedings against the country and the boy's grandmother, who claimed the animal survival, providing to ensure their care.
At the time of the court decision, It was the association that made public, explaining that the dog would go on to be called "Mandela". Days before the judge's decision, more than ten thousand people had signed an online petition against the slaughter of the animal.
As it was revealed at the time, the doctor the autopsy report the child was conclusive, stating that "the injuries are consistent with a dog bite", yet the court did not find grounds for slaughter.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
