When it is good to have a dog that bites

Dog bites woman's attacker

A woman who was stabbed at a Lower Hutt school believes her attacker has wounds from a dog bite, police say.

The woman was walking through the school's grounds about 9.30pm on Monday when a man confronted her asking for money, said Detective Sergeant Nina Pedersen.

When she refused he attacked her with a knife, stabbing her in the upper arm.

The woman's dog then bit the man, before he fled.

The incident could have been a lot more serious had the woman not had the dog with her, Pedersen said.

The woman was taken to Hutt Hospital with a cut to her arm which needed stitches.

Hopefully there will be no calls for the dog's destruction though in this day and age anything is possible.