'Frenzied' dog stabber jailed for 2½ years

The "frenzied" fugitive who stabbed police dog Edge has been jailed for 2½ years – and must pay more than $6000 for the rescue helicopter ride he and the dog needed for their injuries.
Judge Anne Gaskell said the knife attack by Graham Leslie Ashcroft was "as close to the most serious offending of this type".
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"You stabbed the dog in the chest and you then pulled the knife out of the dog and stabbed the dog a second time," Judge Gaskell said. MORE>>