On 17th March, I heard a dog barking close to my front door at 3:30AM having just gone downstairs to get a drink of water.
I opened the door to see a dog in poor condition, shivering in the rain.
I went back inside and got a sausage roll for it; took sausage roll outside and gave it to the dog who woofed it down whole and then proceeded to bite my hand at its maximum force and not let go until I faked an attack and made it flinch.
The bite wound went straight through my hand from between the index & middle finger on one side and a bigger gash on the palm about an inch long.
A neighbour in the town house complex about four doors down, for reasons unknown, had chained this vicious animal to the outdoor tap near my front door. By the time the ambulance and police arrived, he had retrieved his pet.
I spent two days in hospital and was put under general anaesthesia for exploratory surgery soon after admission.
It's nearly two months later and the injury is still painful. It's my right hand that was wounded and I am right handed.
I am a chartered accountant by trade and consult at a rate of USD150/hour and have lost circa two weeks of productivity at 100 hours a week.
There are drugs dealers in this townhouse complex and I believe that the animal was placed where it was specifically to do what it did in retribution for my making a series of reports of suspicious activities to Queensland Police Services which I have made public knowledge.
I am not a wealthy person at the moment and, adding insult to injury, no one has owned up to putting the dog in my front yard nor apologized or expressed remorse for their part in what happened.
Can I recover any of my losses; gain any compensation for pain & suffering & disrespectful insult; does victims of crime fund offer any alternative pathway to gaining some kind of payout for this type of incident?
Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.
I opened the door to see a dog in poor condition, shivering in the rain.
I went back inside and got a sausage roll for it; took sausage roll outside and gave it to the dog who woofed it down whole and then proceeded to bite my hand at its maximum force and not let go until I faked an attack and made it flinch.
The bite wound went straight through my hand from between the index & middle finger on one side and a bigger gash on the palm about an inch long.
A neighbour in the town house complex about four doors down, for reasons unknown, had chained this vicious animal to the outdoor tap near my front door. By the time the ambulance and police arrived, he had retrieved his pet.
I spent two days in hospital and was put under general anaesthesia for exploratory surgery soon after admission.
It's nearly two months later and the injury is still painful. It's my right hand that was wounded and I am right handed.
I am a chartered accountant by trade and consult at a rate of USD150/hour and have lost circa two weeks of productivity at 100 hours a week.
There are drugs dealers in this townhouse complex and I believe that the animal was placed where it was specifically to do what it did in retribution for my making a series of reports of suspicious activities to Queensland Police Services which I have made public knowledge.
I am not a wealthy person at the moment and, adding insult to injury, no one has owned up to putting the dog in my front yard nor apologized or expressed remorse for their part in what happened.
Can I recover any of my losses; gain any compensation for pain & suffering & disrespectful insult; does victims of crime fund offer any alternative pathway to gaining some kind of payout for this type of incident?
Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.
