A woman sobbed in the dock as she appeared in court and denied owning an XL Bully called Cookie which mauled her father-in-law to death at her home.
Keven Jones, 65, took his final breath while saying ‘I’m going’ after he was bitten while dog-sitting.
The former lorry driver had offered to help look after five pet dogs while his son Josh went to watch his team Wrexham play at Wembley in London for a football match.
Ambulance staff desperately tried to save him, but efforts to stop the bleeding in his left leg failed and he was declared dead at his son’s house in Wrexham, North Wales.
Josh’s wife Chanel Fong, 31, appeared in court today accused of being the owner of a dangerously out of control dog.
She sobbed in the dock at Mold Crown Court as she said ‘not guilty’.
Mr Jones suffered leg injuries in May 2022 from which he later died after being bitten by the dog.
Cookie, a two-year-old American Bully, was one of five dogs owned by Mr Jones’ son Josh.
Chanel Fong, 31, appeared in court today accused of being the owner of Cookie, who the prosecution said was ‘dangerously out of control at the time
Cookie, a two-year-old American Bully, was one of five dogs owned by Mr Jones’ son Josh
Keven Jones, 65, took his final breath while saying ‘I’m going’ after he was bitten
Pictured is Cookie, who was put down after the incident
The former lorry driver had offered to help look after five pet dogs while his son Josh (pictured) went to watch his team Wrexham play at Wembley in London for a football match
Pictured are Mrs Fong and her partner in May
Mrs Fong sobbed in the dock at Mold Crown Court as she said ‘not guilty’
Emergency services rushed to the scene while Mrs Fong carried out CPR.
Judge Rhys Rowlands told Mrs Fong that her trial will take place in October 2025.
She was given bail until then, with a condition she should stay in touch with her solicitors.
An earlier inquest heard how police were called to the house by ambulance staff after the tragedy.
Home Office pathologist Dr Matthew Lyall gave the provisional cause of death as blood loss due to leg injury.
Cookie was sedated by a police marksman before being put down by a vet.