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Friday, July 18, 2014
DOGHOUSE DUST-UP Kennel chaos as Brit denounces MP By ALEX TRELINSKI
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A tussle between a British woman and a Valencian Member of Parliament at an Orihuela animal shelter has ended up in court. The alleged altercation was at the ASOKA pet centre, with a face to face showdown, with the unnamed British female accusing the politician of perforating her eardrum. The mat ter is being handled by the Valencian Supreme Court, who are examing reports and witnesses from both parties, before deciding whether or not they will take the matter any further. The newspaper, La Vanguardia, reports that the MP involved is Elisa Diaz of the Partido Popular, whose father is a former mayor of Alicante, Luis Diaz Alperi. She had trav elled to the shelter in Orihuela to collect some dogs and, whilst there, a British woman arrived with her daughter and two guard dogs. Sra Díaz advised the British woman to be careful with the animals as they may cause problems if they got into contact with other rescued dogs. In fact, the guard dogs tried to fight with and attack some of the other charges at the shelter, and Sra Díaz insisted they were put into cages. An argument broke out between the two women in front of
the expat's daughter, leading to the British woman spitting in the MP's face. The dispute became physical and the punch up was witnessed by four people. Three months later, the British woman filed legal action against Sra Díaz, claiming she had perforated her eardrum during the scrap. The MP also suffered cuts and bruises, and she has provided a med ical report to that effect with her defence. Given Sra Díaz's status as a Valencian Parliamentary politician, she enjoys a certain level of immunity which means any case against her goes straight to the Valencian Supreme Court, without having to pass through the lower courts. A magistrate is investigating whether the British woman, did indeed suffer a perforated eardrum during the fight or whether she already suffered from an ear injury beforehand. If Sra Díaz did in fact cause her this injury, the case will be tried as criminal proceedings under the heading of grievous bodily harm rather than civil under the tort of bat tery. The MP said she was 'surprised' to hear the British woman had taken action against her, and believes that the only rea son she 'has gone that far' is to cash in on the incident and 'earn herself a healthy sum in compensation' at Sra Díaz's expense.
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