We are no longer accepting comments on this article. A woman who had initially cared for the dogs, Bane and Hera, reportedly said that Bane had been aggressive and compared to the fictional Cujo since he was a puppy. Once inside the courtroom, he retrieved the soup ladle from his rectum and attacked a defense attorney, Philip Cozens. In rejecting a defense lawyer's request for probation, Judge Charlotte Woolard of San Francisco Superior Court said the horrific circumstances of the attack Jan. 26, 2001, far outweighed Knoller's previous crime-free record. Knoller recalled Whipples final moments of life, which were witnessed only by her. Woolard fined her $10,000 and ordered her to pay $6,800 out of her prison earnings in restitution to Smith. It helps them. Her lawyer, Dennis Riordan, said afterward that she had numerous grounds for appeal. Later, ABC News reported that the dogs had attacked other neighbors, and a letter surfaced that allegedly documented that Knoller and Noel had engaged in some sort of sexual activity with Bane, the male dog. Schneider arranged from solitary confinement for Coumbs to hand over Bane and Hera to Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel, 46 and 60, respectively, at the time of the dog-mauling case. Why arent you at all responsible?, Knoller: I wouldnt say I was unable to control them., Vargas: You couldnt stop the dog from attacking Diane Whipple., Knoller: I wouldnt say that it was an attack, and I did everything humanly possible to avoid the incident. According to Bay Area Reporter, Noeldied of heart failure on June 22, 2018, in a nursing home in La Jolla, California. It was moved south because of the overwhelming media attention in the Bay Area. I cant remember whether she acknowledged my offering. The case of the death of Diane Whipple, who was mauled by a neighbor's dog in the hallway of her San Francisco apartment in January 2001, made international headlines when it happened. Ran on: 05-06-2005 Her husband, Robert Noel, died in 2018. EXCLUSIVE: Shocking footage shows 'Royal Marine commandos' brawling with Gibraltar police in 4am punch-up Do not sell or share my personal information. . I had to fight to take the above photo of Knoller at the hearing. She was relentless in her prosecution of Knoller and Noel, and along the way, she made her debut on the national stage. The crime "is not and has never been murder," Riordan told reporters. I told the commissioners that the inmate had no right to refuse to be photographed and that it says so right on the board's website. When the police finally arrived, nearly seven minutes later, Whipple was lying on the floor naked. In that interview, which prosecutors played for the trial jury, Knoller said Whipple had ample opportunity to get back into her apartment and save herself. Five reasons Democrats are worried about Biden | ONN Radio Published: 16:48 BST, 8 February 2019 | Updated: 18:42 BST, 8 February 2019. The married lawyers decided to keep them in their sixth-floor Pacific Heights apartment. Sign up for our newsletter - just type your email below: Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved by Bay Area Reporter
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