Football coach attacked off-duty cop following row over dogs
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA youth football coach launched an assault on an off-duty police officer over a row about the behaviour of his dogs, a court has heard.
Timothy O’Hanlon was knocked to the floor and punched in the head by Michael Lever on the morning of November 6 last year. Mr O'Hanlon had argued with Lever after two American bulldog pups had launched an attack on his own dog.
Mr O'Hanlon thought his dog was going to die in the incident, the Liverpool Echo reports . He later said: “I was honestly thinking they were going to kill him.” Paulinus Barnes, prosecuting, described how Mr O'Hanlon saw a couple coming out of the woods after the attack. READ MORE: GMP's improving 'basics', policing minister says, but recognises there's more work to do The attack happened on wasteland near the Shires housing estate in St Helens.
When he remonstrated with the couple about the bulldogs, Lever became aggressive, the court was told. Mr Barnes said Lever, 40, began "bouncing" around him and pushing him on the shoulder.
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