CONVICTED (2024) | backyard breeder Jodie Leanne Blezard, born 11 September 1987, of Gladstone View, Siddal, Halifax HX3 9DH – failed to keep her dogs under control with one attacking a woman to her severe injury.
The victim had called to visit Jodie Blezard at her home in Halifax when she was “viciously attacked” by a Staffy crossbreed named Cally, causing blood to pour out of her neck.
As she was dragged to the floor she banged her head and was knocked unconscious.
Her wounds were so severe that they exposed her windpipe and required surgery.
The result was described at Bradford Crown Court as “significant cosmetic disfigurement” that left her voice impaired and her throat susceptible to infection.
Cally, who had recently had a litter of 11 pups, was removed along with Blezard’s other dogs. Callie was destroyed a month later.
Single mother-of-six Blezard pleaded guilty to being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog following the incident at her home on November 10, 2022.
The court heard that she had four dogs, three of whom were in the kitchen on the day of the incident, but that Cally was allowed into the living room.
The attack happened when the victim, who had been outside briefly, came back into the house and a baby gate became dislodged.
Mrs Recorder Taryn Turner said: “Very unfortunately, and in circumstances that will remain unclear, Cally attacked [the victim].”
Blezard had not seen the attack and, in an interview with police, said her animals were not dangerous. However she was “immediately remorseful” and apologised to the victim.
The court heard that Blezard had been spoken to in the past by various authorities about other dogs in her control, but that Cally had not been one of those animals.
Recorder Turner said: “You have a lot of children to look after, and it seems to me that if I were to impose an immediately effective custodial sentence today that would deprive them of their mother.
“You are truly apologetic and full of remorse for what befell [the victim] on that day when she popped in with a friend just for a chat.
“There is every reason to hope that something like this will never happen again because you don’t intend to keep dogs again.”
Sentencing | 16 months’ imprisonment suspended for two years plus 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days. Banned from keeping dogs for life.
Rough as a badgers ass
Typical back yard breeder
Wow disgusting
The only thing this woman can do is breed, and it she isn’t breeding herself, she is breeding dogs. What is up with idiots like this?
Clearly you don’t know the full story don’t put a mother down for an accident that happened in her own home
Probably not telling the full story either
Wouldn’t have happened if she didn’t breed her dogs
Several previous warnings over other dogs so obviously hasn’t a clue about the dangers, back street breeder not paying tax on her sales, no one needs to keep and breed dogs, she chose to and if the only thing protecting a visitor from being attacked by a defensive dog, is a baby gate ,I’d suggest she is entirely to blame.
If the owner had been spoken to about the dogs before clearly no accident she clearly knew dogs was dangerous and did not care just wanted to keep breeding dogs vile this is and I’m guessing reegan you are a friend or relative that’s why you are sticking up for this vile act what about the victim in all this every thought about that