A WOMAN was brutally attacked yesterday in broad daylight near Stroud as she was walking her dog.
Kerry Greenaway, who works at the Boho Bakery in King's Stanley, was walking her dog Reggie in Leonard Stanley while the assailant punched her in the face and dragged her to the floor because she wouldn’t let her pet go.
According to Kerry, the man bent down to what seemed to her like he was trying to stroke Reggie.
Instead, he tried to grab the dog’s jumper as well as the neck, before the animal yelped in pain.
Kerry put up a fight to save Reggie.
The man has been described as a small frame, bit of an accent, clean shaven and was walking a brown staffie with a chain lead.
He was reportedly wearing a black jacket and wellies and a green khaki hat.
Kerry has sent out a message of thanks after all the kind words and gifts she has received since the incident: “I am totally overwhelmed and thankful to each and every one of you for messaging for the flowers and gifts I have received.
“I am bruised and sore but I’m doing okay.
“Reggie is good too.
“I consider myself lucky to have got away and I am just glad it didn’t happen to someone that might not have been so able to hold on or take a punch.
“Take care out there peeps.”
If you have any information about the incident, please contact Meg Dunne or Kerry Greenaway on Facebook.
You can read the police appeal here.
Information can be submitted online by completing the following form and quoting incident 118 of 18 January: https://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/cor/tell-us-about-existing-case-report/
Alternatively you can call police on 101, phone Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or visit their website: https://crimestoppers-uk.org.
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