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A teenage robbery suspect has admitted to a barbaric machete attack in Handsworth which left a police dog with such brutal injuries that the handler feared the dog might die. The 16-year-old boy – who is too young to be legally named – appeared in Birmingham Youth Court on 1 December where he pleaded guilty…
A brave police dog called Stark is back at home recovering from a shocking machete attack by a teenager robbery suspect at the weekend in the Handsworth area of Birmingham. Dog handler PC Paul Hopley was on the trail of suspected burglars at 4am on Saturday 14 November when a teenager emerged from his hiding…
A West Midlands Police dog was knifed by a teenage robbery suspect in the early hours of Saturday morning in the Handsworth area of Birmingham. The police canine unit dog was knifed in the head by the teenage suspect as he attempted to escape from the scene of the crime.