Three weeks after one killed, two injured…No charges yet for pit bull owner, dogs reportedly still in her care

Oct 09, 2016 News

More than two weeks have passed since four pit-bulls viciously attacked two men and killed another at Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD) and the owner is yet to be charged.
In fact, the ‘killer dogs’ are still in her care.
The owner, Marceline Small, is the wife of Jarvis Small, who was sentenced to 96 years in prison for the 2010 murder of Neesa Gopaul.
When contacted recently, acting Commander of ‘D’ Division, Leslie James confirmed that the woman was placed on $100,000 station bail. He could not say whether the dogs were still in her care.
However, this newspaper understands that the dogs were not taken away from her.
Reports are that the dogs ran out of the gate which was left open on September 15, last and wreaked havoc in the community.
It is believed that they first attacked Wilmark Adams, a GuySuCo worker of Cornelia Ida, and Ramanand Bhikam, a security guard of Stewartville, West Coast Demerara (WCD) before killing a vagrant.
The vagrant, who has been identified as “Boxer” was found a few doors away from Small’s resident with teeth marks about the body. From all indications, the man succumbed to the injury he sustained to his neck.
Based on previous cases where persons were attacked by the ferocious dogs, the police would usually contact staff at the Guyana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA), who would then seize the dogs until the case is tried in court.
The court would then decide whether the dogs should be returned to the owner or not. However, in this particular case, nothing of that sort has been done to date.
In 2010, Quacy Bharrat, the owner of two pit-bulls that attacked a 54-year-old man in East Ruimveldt was placed on $40,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry to answer the charge of allowing ferocious dogs to be at large.
The allegation was that Patrick Gordon was going home when the dogs attacked him, causing injuries to his face, neck and hands.
In 2013, Ryan Bacchus was placed on $10,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrate Court after his two pets caused bodily harm to Venus Cox.
In 2014, Marissa Hartman, the owner of a mixed-breed dog which attacked a South Ruimveldt Park resident while he was cleaning his parapet was released on $75,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
The animal attacked Weldon Harper while he was cleaning his parapet and drain at the front of his yard.
A point to be noted in these three cases is that no one was killed by the dogs but the owners were charged.

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