Toronto woman pleads guilty to negligence in dog attack that seriously injured child

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 12, 2025 9:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

A Toronto pistillate who faced aggregate charges successful a canine onslaught that earnestly injured a kid has pleaded blameworthy to immoderate of them, including a transgression complaint of negligence.

Court records amusement Patrycja Siarek entered the pleas successful a Toronto tribunal past Friday.

She had besides been charged with infractions nether the provincial Dog Owners' Liability Act and Toronto's municipal code.

Siarek was arrested astir a twelvemonth agone aft an off-leash canine spot and dragged a kid successful a Toronto park, leaving the kid with what constabulary described arsenic life-altering injuries.

The dog, meanwhile, was turned implicit to Toronto Animal Services. A spokesperson for the metropolis confirmed the canine was euthanized past August, portion Siarek's different dogs were rehomed.

Court documents successful a abstracted lawsuit showed Siarek and her spouse had antecedently sparked respective complaints astatine a Toronto condominium implicit the behaviour of their dogs, who were past labelled "dangerous" by the city.

The documents showed the 2 American pouch bullies were ordered to beryllium kept muzzled successful nationalist areas, but the orders were ignored, and an Ontario tribunal deemed Siarek and her spouse to beryllium "irresponsible" owners.