CHARLIE HULL CASE IN ORPINGTON: DOG OUT OF CONTROL CAUSING INJURIES

Charlie Hull, born around 2002 and residing on Longbury Drive in St Paul’s Cray, Orpington BR5, was convicted in 2025 for allowing his dog to be dangerously out of control on two separate occasions, resulting in injuries.

Hull’s bull terrier-type dog, Monty, attacked a Sainsbury’s driver’s leg at Longbury Drive, St Paul’s Cray, on May 11, 2024. Twenty-four hours later, the same dog attacked another man leaving a shop on Cotmandene Crescent nearby.

In a police statement, the first victim explained: “I finished my delivery and made my way out of the block to the rear of my van when the customer came back out and asked me a general question about the shopping. As we were talking I heard a dog barking and saw it running towards us.” The driver described how he managed to kick Monty away when it attempted to bite his leg, but the dog continued the attack, biting the inside of his thigh and causing him to fall.

The attack persisted while he was on the ground until Hull was able to regain control of Monty. The driver subsequently went to hospital, where he received treatment for five cuts on his legs.

The following day, Hull’s pregnant girlfriend was holding Monty on a lead outside a Co-op store while Hull was inside shopping. When a man exited the store, the dog pulled free from the lead and charged at him. The man told police: “This dog started howling and coming towards me.” Monty scratched him multiple times and bit his leg, prompting a 999 call, and the shopper was taken to hospital by ambulance.

Hull pleaded guilty to charges of being the owner and person responsible for a dog that was dangerously out of control and caused injury. In a previous hearing, Hull had pleaded with magistrates to spare Monty’s life, while the prosecution argued for a destruction order. The decision regarding Monty’s fate has not been publicly reported.

Hull has a criminal record with nine previous convictions covering 24 offences, including possession of a knife and conspiracy to commit burglary.

He was sentenced to a four-month suspended sentence, along with a five-year ban on owning dogs, which will expire in May 2030.