Dog lovers everywhere are waiting with baited breath to discover the fate of Shroom. Shroom is a 6 stone Carpathian Shepherd dog who, in a moment of moral weakness, gave way to a passing instinct to bite a policeman, PC Michael Obern, on the bottom.

Shroom is not alone in the temptation to respond inappropriately to the police. We’ve all been there, even if nipping the buttock was not the exact temptation we had to resist. 

The CPS is seeking the destruction of Shroom, and the court has been presented with mitigating factors. At the top of the list is the claim that Shroom knows and responds to more than 300 Latin phrases and commands.