Rapper denies guilt after mum-in-law, 68, mauled to death by two XL Bullies as she looked after grandson
A RAPPER has denied guilt after his mum-in-law was mauled to death by two XL Bullies while looking after her grandson.
Esther Martin, 68, suffered unsurvivable injuries after she was set upon by the dogs Bear and Beauty in Jaywick, Essex.
She was reportedly trying to break up the dogs with a broom as they fought before they turned on her.
Her son-in-law Ashley Warren appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court today.
He pleaded not guilty to two counts of owning or being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death.
The rapper also denied possession of a bladed article at Clacton railway station.
He was bailed to next appear at the same court for trial in August next year.
The two adult dogs are said to have launched their attack in a back room as Esther’s horrified 11-year-old grandson fled the property to raise the alarm.
Both animals were destroyed at the scene and later confirmed to be XL Bullies.
Esther’s cause of death was previously given as “dog bite wounds to the upper right limb”.
Warren was the first person to be charged in the UK after a ban on XL Bully type dogs came into force.
The law came into force in England just two days before the grandmother’s death.