Suspect in Sundre, Alberta, dog mauling misses court, taken to hospital
CALGARY – An Alberta woman accused of unleashing two pit-bull type dogs on another woman was a no-show at her first scheduled court appearance because she was taken to hospital.
Calgary provincial court had no further detail on why Rita Phillip required medical assistance.
The judge was told that she was unable to attend Monday’s hearing or speak to a court psychiatrist.
Phillip, 57, is charged with aggravated assault in the Aug. 18 attack at a trailer park in Sundre, Alta.
The victim of the attack, a 26-year-old woman, was so badly mauled emergency personnel thought she was dead.
Phillip is now scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.
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