Mum pleads case for dog owners

The family of mauled toddler Aotea Coxon have asked police not to charge the dog's owners. (...)

Police have yet to decide whether to charge the owners.

However, Coxon said she did not think they should be prosecuted.

"They seem pretty good people," she said. "The dog was a family dog, and they had kids of their own.

"They've gone through enough, I would say, so I wouldn't want them charged.

"It would be a different story if it was someone with a real bad dog."

Coxon said the owners had sent a teddy bear and flowers to Aotea, and were keen to meet to apologise in person. MORE>>