Overview
- Police Scotland said a destruction order was granted last week and the dog will be euthanised by a veterinarian.
- Scott Samson, 38, was found dead last March at his Rutherglen home where the unregistered, expert-identified XL bully was present.
- The animal has been held for nearly a year in one of a small number of approved Scottish kennels, with sources citing costs of about £50,000.
- Investigators traced the dog’s custody from owner Neal Stark, jailed for drug offences, to a friend who had asked Samson to look after it.
- Samson’s mother says police first suggested an accidental overdose and only later disclosed the possibility of a mauling after the post-mortem.