Roxanne Pallett, Ex Emmerdale Star, In Dog Attack Horror

Roxanne Pallett

First Posted: 12/01/12 07:00 GMT Updated: 12/01/12 09:19 GMT   WENN

Roxanne Pallett may never want to get on a train again - the soap star was left petrified recently after a group of yobs set a vicious dog on her as she sat in a carriage.

The former Emmerdale star, who played Jo Sugden, felt threatened by two males and one female on the train when one member of the gang attempted to unleash their Staffordshire bull terrier on her.

The Sun reports one of the group screamed at the scary dog: "Get her!"

Pallett pulled the communication cord in a bid to escape her terror, but the group leaped off the train at Shrewsbury station before officials had a chance to reprimand them.

One of the actress' friends tells the newspaper: "They started out by calling her by her Emmerdale name and their abuse got nastier and nastier.

"They started saying how she must think she's better than everyone else because she chose to ignore them. She was petrified and thought the dog was going to rip her to pieces."

The 29-year-old brunette beauty continued her journey to Manchester Piccadilly station and gave a statement to waiting British Transport Police and now cops are hunting the yobs.

A spokesman confirms they are investigating "abusive behaviour".

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I have sexdaily, I mean dyslexia, Danm!
12:19 PM on 01/14/2012
Dog attack horror? There is not a mark on her.
02:36 PM on 01/13/2012
Perhaps she has over dramertised the alledged event as if she wasn't a "ex celeb" then AOL would not have mentioned it.
No Emmerdale,Dancing on Ice so perhaps she is trying to get some kind of publicity.
Mainline stations have plenty of CCTV so I don't see that there will be an identification problem of the thugs and the so called Staffordshire bull terrier
06:01 PM on 01/12/2012
wonder what holiday camp the judge will send these yobs to if they ever get to court.like clarkson said some people need to be lined up and shot.
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05:14 PM on 01/12/2012
Thank god she was not bitten , not like my son when he was 6 , had part of his face ripped off .The hospital said he was lucky , as it was so close to his neck , and the vein .
01:23 PM on 01/12/2012
some one must know these people ? come on public help her out .
12:58 PM on 01/12/2012
Why were these pond life allowed to get off the train at Shrewsbury? When the communication cord is pulled, it is the guard/conductor's duty to go through the train and ascertain what the problem is - unless the train is single-manned by a driver only. If single manned, the train must be brought to a halt as quickly as possible and the matter investigated, before the doors are opened. Had the conductor carried out his duty correctly, he could then have contacted the driver to alert the police via the cab radio and the boys in blue would have been waiting at Shrewsbury to collect these scrotes. This is all too reminiscent of the current attitude of conductors and their employers - they are simply there to collect fares and to hell with passenger safety. At one time the conductor/guard would have had a very painful interview with his District Traffic Superintendent and there would have been an enormous black mark on his service record forever more - effectively blocking any further promotion. It would be interesting to hear a comment from the Train Operating Company regarding the conduct of their employee, whose job it is to ensure passenger safety.
04:30 PM on 01/12/2012
100 per cent agree. And if railway staff need them, let them have steel batons.
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05:32 PM on 01/12/2012
Because there was a gang of them and you don't know how many knives they were carrying - what could a single guard do, these days they need to have British Rail Police riding up and down on these trains. The world gets worse and what it needs is more discipline in schools and at home.
06:42 PM on 01/12/2012
The guard is issued with a "Bardic" battery handlamp, which he should have taken with him when he went to investigate. This has a heavy metal alloy case, and it is not the first time that one has been used in self defence, with detrimental results to the assailant. The fact that the guard unlocked the central locking for the doors and did not keep them centrally locked whilst the police were summoned speaks volumes. It is no use defending the guard because he failed in his duty, and, if he had been attacked he could have escaped from the coach in question and locked the communicating doors using the master key he is also issued with as part of his equipment. Might I suggest that you get a look at a copy of the railway Rule Book and read the sections relevant to General Duties, Working of Trains and Trains Stopped form Exceptional Causes (they used to be Sections B, H and M) and then you will be fully conversant with what the guard/conductor WAS REQUIRED TO DO BUT FAILED TO.
12:44 PM on 01/12/2012
and I suppose if an upstanding,law abiding giant of a man had gone to this girls aid, he would have been arrested for threatening and being nasty to these arse.oles, waste of space garbage yobs. God help us, what has this country become? when a person cannot sit on a train journey, minding their own business without human excrement like these pestering her. Pity a load of her mates including strapping blokes did`nt get on at the next stop. See how brave these arse.oles are then
12:39 PM on 01/12/2012
Why is it that mindless idiots are allowed to own potentially viscious dog breeds. Yes the owner will set the tone for the dogs behaviour but it is simply too easy for anyone to get hold of a dog which has the capability of being trained to become a lethal weapon. Parliament should do more but will only do so if one of their own or a member of the royal family is attacked and eaten.
02:36 PM on 01/12/2012
you say potentially viscious dog breed have you ever owned a Staffordshire bull terrier ? i guess not its people like you that give this dog a bad name and scum like them on the train that have taught the dog to be aggressive educate yourself and read up about staffies its not the dog its there owners !!!!
03:54 PM on 01/12/2012
Hear, Hear! i have had staffies all my life and the one i have got now, is one of the friendliest dogs one would wish to meet, yes, he likes nothing better to have a bit of a rough and tumble with me, yet he absolutely likes playing with children and is not an aggressive dog in any shape or form. Do not blame the dog, it is the mindless thugs who have them that give staffordshire bull terriers a bad name!
05:00 PM on 01/12/2012
Having worked with dogs for many years I have never come across a 'bad' dog, unless it has been trained as such. It is not the dog which is at fault but the humans attached to the dog, which in this case seems to have been a group of knuckle-dragging Neanderthals.
12:36 PM on 01/12/2012
I really cant understand the mentality of some of todays younger generations! Why would anyone want to set a viscious dog onto some innocent person minding their own business?
What a sad society we are becoming!
12:23 PM on 01/12/2012
She was sitting on a train minding her own business, these yobs were intimidating her, she has done the right thing in contacting the police and why not? Anyone should act in the same way, ANY breed of dog could be dangerous, given the circumstances, or the way they are handled.
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12:54 PM on 01/12/2012
Dogs are generally a reflection of their owners.
02:38 PM on 01/12/2012
ANY breed of dog could be dangerous, given the circumstan­ces, or the way they are handled
THANKYOU ANY DOG NOT JUST THE POOR STAFFIE THAT GETS THE BAD NAME
06:36 PM on 01/12/2012
Valid point, although chihuahuas rarely make the news for similarly aggressive behaviour. The fact is that certain breeds of dog are used by certain types of people as an 'extension' of themselves and if they are vile, witless individuals with a penchant for bullying and violence, they will choose dogs which seem best suited to that end. Unfortunately, bull terriers are on their list along with other breeds which have gained an even more 'notorious' reputation.
11:55 AM on 01/12/2012
I do feel for poor Roxanne, but as I have always said there isn't a bad dog, just a bad owner. I have been the proud owner of 2 Staffies & the only attack you would get from them would be to lick you to death. My first Staffie who died 18mths ago was a friends dog, I took her on at 10mths old. My present Staffie is a rescue, she is 4yrs old & I've had her 18mths. I adore Staffies, People I can take or leave. Please give them a break.
11:44 AM on 01/12/2012
I do feel for poor Roxanne, but I have said before there is never a bad dog just a bad owner. I do get really cross when Staffies get bad press, I have now been the proud owner of 2 Staffies & believe me the only attack you would get from them would be licking you to death. My first one I got from a friend when she was 10 months old, my present one was a rescue when she was 3 years. I absolutely adore Staffies. People I can take or leave. Kim
11:40 AM on 01/12/2012
Ban these people from having ANY animal and while we are at it BAN ALL of these Pit Bulls, Mastiffs etc, etc, etc,.!!!!!
02:42 PM on 01/12/2012
you can not say that i have two french mastiffs and they are the softest dogs you would ever want to meet its how you bring them up not the breed itself if there brought up right they are fine you wont ever have a problem so i think its totally unfair for you to blame the breed theres good abd bad in all dogs whatever size they are but like i said if there brought up right then there fine
05:04 PM on 01/12/2012
Why not castrate/sterilise the Neanderthals to prevent them breeding and allow the dogs to breed.
11:27 AM on 01/12/2012
Dog Attack Horror?! More like Yob Attack Horror! The dog didn't train it's self to attack humans you know.
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10:20 AM on 01/12/2012
This Lass requires a Guard for her Body..............maybe all the rest also ?

Punk Yobs should work Dirty Jobs for 6 months ?

People get robbed and damaged by Criminals like these Punks.
10:56 AM on 01/12/2012
I know you mean well but I very much doubt that a woman who has to get on a train and use public transport and has not worked for ages has the money for a body guard. If she could afford their wages she could afford a chauffer driven car too. Her wages would not cover any of these luxuries if she was still working. It is the really big stars that can afford that, and they do not get on public trains.
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