Judge orders dog ‘used as weapon’ to be killed

Pit bull terrier to be destroyed after being classed as a weapon

source: Independent December 1 2001 p17

A pit bull terrier will be destroyed following a court decision classifying it as a weapon, used in a murder. The dog was owned by Spencer Sheppard, who was refused entry to a club. He returned with his dog, and friends and relatives, one of whom stabbed the doorman. The dog was called Colonel, and Sheppard owned another pit bull called Gadaffi.