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XL Bully Owner Jailed After Man, 84, Fatally Mauled
Garner was convicted of owning a dangerously out-of-control dog and two banned XL bullies after 84-year-old John McColl died from catastrophic injuries.
- On Friday, Liverpool Crown Court sentenced 31-year-old Sean Garner to 12 years in prison after his unregistered XL Bully, Toretto, fatally mauled 84-year-old John McColl in Warrington, Cheshire, on February 24, 2025.
- McColl inadvertently walked onto Garner's driveway after leaving a pub, where Toretto was secured only by a latch; Garner claimed the dog had been locked in a shed, a claim prosecutors dismissed as absurd.
- Armed police shot Toretto 10 times to end the 45-minute attack, during which the dog stood guard over McColl and prevented neighbours from helping. Officers who responded required counseling for flashbacks.
- Judge Brian Cummings KC stated any remorse was "nullified by these offensive lies," while victim's granddaughter Kelly Percival told Garner: "You robbed us of our dad, grandad, great-grandad, but you don't care."
- Garner received a 15-year ban from keeping dogs and faced prosecution highlighting his "reckless disregard for the law," including prior convictions for driving and drugs offences and misleading his landlord about owning banned XL bullies.
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leighjournal.co.ukOwner of XL Bully that killed 84-year-old man jailed for 12 years
THE owner of an XL Bully that killed an 84-year-old man has been jailed for 12 years.
Man jailed 12 years after XL Bully kills pensioner, 84, in attack
Sean Garner was jailed after his XL Bully Toretto mauled pensioner John McColl to death, with the breeder trying to claim the dog that was left in a "small, unsanitary patio area" was kept "locked in a shed"
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