'My little Harry didn't stand a chance... he didn't deserve to die like that'

They came to court wearing ‘justice for Harry’ badges. And now the treasured family pet has had justice done in his name.

Harry, a cross between a Yorkshire Terrier and a poodle, died after being viciously attacked by a huge cane corso dog which had run away from its owner. Christine Robinson, Harry’s owner, was left traumatised when she witnessed her beloved dog set upon in front of her own eyes.

She and her friend were both injured in the process as they desperately tried to fight off the dog, whose owner has now been jailed. But try as they might, and such was the dog’s strength, they couldn’t loosen its claw like grip on Harry, who suffered horrendous injuries.

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Such was the pain the little dog was in, he had to be put to sleep. “My little Harry didn’t stand a chance,” the 77-year-old said. “He only weighed 7.5 kilos and suffered from arthritis.

“His injuries were horrific to his little head. Everyone loved him and said he was unique.”

Since that fateful day, on July 3, last year Mrs Robinson and her husband Anthony have been fighting for justice. They attended court on numerous occasions, to witness first hand what happened to the dog’s owner, Jordan Smith.

Smith, 32, lived in a seventh floor flat in Dunton Towers, Brinnington, Stockport. Shortly before the attack, he was seen kicking his dog in an ‘aggressive way’. When he took the dog downstairs, without a lead, it ran off and headed for nearby Reddish Vale Country park.

Speaking after Smith was jailed for eight months for being in control of a dangerously out of control dog, a tearful Mrs Robinson told the M.E.N. that she is still apprehensive about going to the