And then the unknown assailant just got back into his car and drove away without a care in the world.<\/p>\n
Ashleigh Mancer, a Primrose resident and owner of the six-month-old puppy is beside herself with grief.<\/p>
The tragedy unfolded recently when Ashleigh\u2019s niece and her friend were out walking Athena and the friend\u2019s dog.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were walking towards my house in Belhambra Road when Athena, being a puppy, managed to squeeze herself through the bars of a gate and got stuck,\u201d said Ashleigh.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the children, being young, never thought about the consequences of the other dog freely roaming the streets and let it go so they could help to free Athena from the bars.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs soon as she was free, she gave chase after the other dog.<\/p>\n
\u201cEventually the dogs ended up in a fight in Oak Avenue and residents came out to assist the children.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen, in the middle of all the commotion, a coloured man pulled up in a white bakkie.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe got out of his car, got a pole from his vehicle (which seemed like a pole from a jack or something similar), walked up to the dogs and people and hit Athena with two fatal blows to the head.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first blow burst her left eye open to the point where it was bleeding.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the second blow must have finished her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ashleigh added that the children and other residents were all screaming at the man to stop, but he didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce he realised he had killed Athena, he got into his car and sped off.<\/p>\n
\u201cAthena was left on the pavement while bystanders tried to help her.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it was too late.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was bleeding from her burst eye and out of her nose and mouth from the blows to her head,\u201d a distraught Ashleigh said.<\/p>\n Ashleigh wants to open a case of animal cruelty against the man, but has no idea how to trace him.<\/p>\n \u201cNobody knows the identity of this man or his whereabouts,” she said.<\/p>\n \u201cI am asking the community to come forward with any information they may have regarding the identity or whereabouts of him, so that I can lay a charge against him.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is believed he lives in the neighbourhood.\u201d<\/p>\n Ashleigh added that Athena was very loving and adored children.<\/p>\n \u201cThe children are all traumatised by what happened and I believe that this man should be jailed for what he has done,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is absolutely disgusting that someone could have no heart and do something like this.\u201d<\/p>\n If you have any information about the man, contact the GCN on 011 822-1792 and we will forward your details to Ashleigh.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other articles relating to animal cruelty:<\/p>\n Warning: Graphic image: Dog euthanased after being severely beaten<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Athena](\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/44GCNCRIMEDEADMH2_91777.jpg\")
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