A woman charged after a 26-year-old woman was attacked by two pit bulls in a Sundre trailer park last summer will go to trial Nov. 4.
Rita Phillip faces a charge of aggravated assault. She has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has elected to be tried by judge and jury.
Calgary resident Deanna Wolfe suffered severe injuries, including the loss of an ear, when she was attacked by two pit bull dogs in a trailer in the Sundre Mobile Estates Park shortly after 2 a.m. on Aug. 18.
Police say the dogs were owned by Phillip and Calgary resident Christoforos Zergoptis.
One of the dogs in question was shot and killed by a Sundre RCMP officer on the night of the attack, while the second dog was later euthanized.
Each of the charges Phillip faces carries a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison.
Wolfe has launched a $300,000 civil lawsuit against Phillip, Zergoptis and the Town of Sundre.
The suit alleges, in part, that the Town of Sundre was negligent for failing to “ensure proper signage as stipulated by the bylaws, failing to destroy the pit bulls, failing to monitor the pit bulls once they were deemed dangerous.”
