ABSTRACT
Henry owns a large dog which has a tendency to attack people in uniforms. Henry keeps the dog tied up in his garden with a substantial chain. Unfortunately, there is a latent defect in one link of the chain and, when Pat the postman goes to the front door of the house to deliver some letters, the dog attempts to attack Pat. The chain breaks and the dog bites Pat. Pat is taken to hospital and given an anti-tetanus injection, to which he suffers a rare and unforeseeable allergic reaction, and his leg has to be amputated. Richard, a policeman, calls to investigate the situation and the dog jumps over the garden fence and bites Richard. While Richard is doubled up in pain on the pavement, Steven, who Richard arrested for a drug offence a little while ago, sees Richard on the floor and kicks him in the head.
