An illegal XL bully that ate part of a man’s body after he was found dead in his home is set to be destroyed following a court order
An illegal XL bully that ate a man’s body in a horrifying attack will be destroyed.
Scott Samson’s remains were found in his blood-soaked living room in Rutherglen, near Glasgow, last March with a dog he was watching for a friend.
A post-mortem could not determine whether the 38-year-old was killed by the animal or died of natural causes.
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We previously told how Scott’s mum Morag, 60, was furious to learn that nearly a year after her son’s death, the dog was still being cared for at one of only three kennels in Scotland that board seized XL bullys.
But a destruction order was issued last week by Glasgow Sheriff Court and the dog is now set to be destroyed.
Sources say police have spent nearly £50,000 keeping the dog, which will be euthanised by a veterinarian, in approved kennels.
A source claimed: “There are only a few approved dog kennels in Scotland where XL bullies or suspected XL bullies seized by police or involved in criminal cases can be kept.
“Because there are only a few, they can charge what they want and it costs around £50,000 a year to keep a dog.”
In January, prosecutors confirmed no one will face criminal charges despite the dog being unregistered and confirmed by a breed expert as a banned XL bully.
The dog belongs to 37-year-old Neal Stark, also from Rutherglen, who gave it to a friend when he was jailed in February for drug offences.
The pal then handed it to Scott to mind when he went on holiday. Morag said police did not tell her the dog had attacked Scott when his body was discovered at his home on Castlefern Road last year.
She said her final farewell at his funeral in April without knowing the brutal truth, which emerged in a post-mortem report she received weeks later.
Following the incident the four-year-old dog has been cared for at police kennels.
Police initially told her that her son had died from an accidental drug overdose.
But the post-mortem confirmed this was inconclusive and he could have been mauled to death.
Morag said: “Scott was dead within days of picking the dog up. I didn’t hear from him and knew something was wrong and called the police.
“When we went in the dog was in the hall and I could see Scott’s legs and his black shorts in the living room.”
Morag has said dog catchers were initially unable to remove the aggressive animal.
A Police Scotland spokesman told thew Sunday Mail: “A destruction order was issued by Glasgow Sheriff Court
“Arrangements will be made for the dog to be euthanised by a veterinarian.”
