Accused at Quebec pit bull trial suggests his dog might have been provoked
LONGUEUIL, Que. — A man charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm after one of his pit bull-type dogs allegedly mauled a young girl suggested to the judge Tuesday his animal might have been provoked.
In a brief statement on the last day of his trial, Karim Jean Gilles told Quebec court Judge Pierre Belisle no witness had come forward to say his dog had attacked a human prior to the young girl being disfigured in a Montreal-area park in September 2015.
The girl’s mother testified Monday the dog attacked her daughter Vanessa in the face and dragged her several metres across a park south of Montreal.
Magdalena Biron said the attack left Vanessa with fractures to the cranium and hand, as well as a cheekbone broken in seven pieces. She still has scars on her face.