By Mikayla van Loon
Lilydale police officers have executed a warrant this week, arresting a male suspected of assaulting a passerby on a walking trail in Mount Evelyn.
The 43-year-old male had been walking his dog along the Mount Evelyn Aqueduct Trail near Station Street on Friday 8 July.
Sergeant Leigh Thomson said the offender approached another male also walking his dog and began verbally abusing him before setting his dog on the pair.
Attempting to separate the dogs, the victim was bitten, obtaining puncture wounds and was then physically attacked by the offender, receiving facial injuries.
The victim’s dog was taken to a veterinary clinic for emergency surgery.
Officers arrested the offender on the morning of Tuesday 12 July and was remanded until Tuesday 19 July when the matter will be heard at the Ringwood Magistrates Court.
Lilydale police officers are appealing for witnesses to contact the station on 9739 2300 should they have any information about the incident.
