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A drunken thug accused a dog walker of stealing his XL bully before chasing him with a hammer and snatching his Pomeranian.
Kenneth Littlemore encountered his victim in the street then pursued him to the top of a block of flats, where he yanked the innocent man's pet - a toy breed named Bonsai - from his arms. The thief was so intoxicated that, at one stage, he even mistook a cat for his missing dog.
Liverpool Crown Court heard today (March 3) that the victim had been walking Bonsai in the area around St Oswalds Lane in Netherton at around 8pm on February 4 this year when he encountered two teenagers. The girls, whom he estimated were aged around 15 to 16, told him that they were "being chased by a male", the Liverpool Echo reports.
David Watson, prosecuting, described how Littlemore then ran towards him while holding a small glass hammer. The 47-year-old, of Scargreen Avenue in Norris Green, "asked him if he knew the whereabouts of his dog", claiming that his XL bully had been stolen.
He then accused the man of being involved in the theft while swinging the weapon around. The complainant picked up Bonsai, "fearing either himself or his dog might be hurt", and retreated to the communal door of a nearby apartment block.
He was able to gain access to the complex but was followed inside by Littlemore as he climbed the stairs while knocking on the doors of flats for help and calling his girlfriend. When the two men reached the top floor, the defendant asked him whether his dog was being held inside one of the units in the building.
He replied "I don't know". Littlemore than swung the hammer at a glass panel at the entrance to one home and smashed it before grabbing Bonsai from his arms, telling him his home address and
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