- Tones and I’s dog euthanized after dog attack
- Singer ordered to pay $3000 fine by court
Australian pop star Tones and I’s dog has been put down after it killed a cavoodle by biting it on the neck and refusing to let go.
The 32-year-old singer’s American bulldog ‘Boss’ escaped her $7million mansion on the Mornington Peninsula in November last year and attacked her neighbour’s dog.
Boss was euthanized.
On Thursday Dromana Magistrates’ Court ordered the singer, whose name is Toni Elizabeth Watson, to pay a $3000 fine and the council’s costs, The Herald Sun reported.
The court was told Ms Watson’s neighbour, Wayne Schultz, was walking his two cavoodles when he spotted her Labrador Charlie stuck outside her electric gates.
He called out to Ms Watson’s friend Tahlia as she arrived at the property and, as she opened the gate, Boss ran outside, the magistrate heard.
Boss bit Mr Schultz’ 17-year-old cavoodle on the neck and would not let go, the court was told.
Mr Schultz, someone passing the incident and Ms Watson’s husband Jason ‘Jimmy’ Bedford had to separate the two dogs.
The court heard that the cavoodle died as a result of its injuries.
Aussie singer Tones and I (pictured) was ordered to pay a fine of $3000 after her American bulldog ‘Boss’ attacked a neighbour’s dog outside her $7million property
Ms Watson’s American bulldog Boss allegedly attacked a neighbour’s cavoodle when a friend of the pop singer opened the property’s gate
Mr Schultz was injured, with a bite on his knee and a bruised eye. The stranger’s hand was fractured when he allegedly hit the bulldog while helping split up the dogs.
Ms Watson wept with neighbours on the night of the incident, the court was told.
They reportedly would not accept her offer to pay for the cavoodle’s cremation due to the fact the dog was 17-years-old.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Ms Watson’s team for comment.
The pop star did not front court as she is in the United States recording an album but she was represented by barrister Cameron Scott. Her husband also attended.
Mr Scott told the court the musician had accepted responsibility and took the matter ‘very seriously’.
She was ordered to pay a fine for failing to securely confine two dogs and for not re-registering the American bulldog.
