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Date: 06/04/13

Who Dunnit?

I've had cause to remark to the Independent before about the danger of letting its modifiers dangle. This hasn't stopped them doing it, and here's a further example; although they might just be reporting with strict factual accuracy, and the story is even more worryingly bizarre than it first appears:

Screenshot from the 'Independent''s website - Headline says 'Surgeons save teacher's testicle after dog attack', sub-heading says 'Dog's owner walked off after biting Joel Goodman, claiming 'I'm not from around here''