Death row dog spirited away amid snatch fears

A Pit bull terrier on death row for attacking and biting a courier driver - and a police officer who went to investigate - has been spirited away from Kapiti to prevent any attempt to set him free.

Snatch, described by police as an American pit bull terrier, attacked a courier driver at a property in Ruapehu St, Paraparaumu, early this month, inflicting two puncture wounds in the victim's bottom. MORE>>