“When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it occurs so typically. But if a man bites a dog, that’s news.” PATHUM THANI: The above quote, often attributed to 19th-century New York Sun editor John B Bogart, is the standard maxim given to younger journalists to remind them what’s newsworthy and what is not. It can’t have taken a lot of a leap of the imagination then for one fortunate Kom Chad Luek hack to understand he was onto a winner with the story of Coke, a seven-year-old Thai Bangkaew canine who was recently involved in a tooth-and-nail scrap to defend his owner’s house. The story begins with 21-year-old Ubon Rachathani-native Winet Chertchai’s attempt to break into a house in broad daylight on May eight. Winet was met by the enraged home proprietor who noticed him making an attempt to interrupt in and instantly referred to as for assist. Being a close-knit neighborhood, a bunch of householders instantly got here to the woman’s assistance and Winet soon discovered himself fleeing down the soi pursued by a crowd of indignant locals. Desperate for a place to cover, Winet tried to duck right into a small grocery store. There he was greeted by shopowner and Flight Sergeant 1st Class Prasit Rungrateuk, who was brandishing his walking stick. Thinking higher of it, Winet crossed the highway and climbed the fence surrounding the house opposite, belonging to a different ex-air pressure man, 66-year-old Pilot Officer (Plt Off) Prasit Janphasuk. Once within the yard, he was confronted by the fearlessly loyal Coke. For a couple of moments the 2 adversaries stood staring each other down; Coke baring his enamel and Winet wielding a knife. Coke then leapt forward at the intruder. Winet launched a kick into the canine’s head, but Coke deftly dodged it and crashed into Winet, knocking him to the bottom. The two grew to become locked in a pitched battle, Coke biting Winet throughout his body and Winet desperately attempting to kick Coke away. So quick and furious was the motion that some members of the fast-growing crowd of onlookers later stated it was difficult to separate criminal from canine. After some time, the two warriors returned to growling and snarling at each other. Winet then decided to play Coke at his own sport, sinking his own canines into the dog’s ear and locking on. After 20 minutes the struggle showed no signal of ending, with each contestants still going for the killer chunk. It was drawn to a premature shut, nonetheless, when Plt Off Prasit woke up from a nap and noticed what was taking place in his back yard. The previous Air Force Officer known as his canine to heel and the fight was over. How-to concluded that Winet got here out the loser. Covered in cuts and bruises, he was taken to Bhumibol Hospital for treatment. Lt Col Thanaphat Nawalak, an Investigating Officer at Khukhot Police Station, stated that Winet was quite badly damage and had to be saved in hospital in a single day. The owner of the first house that Winet tried to interrupt in to did not need to press charges and Plt Off Prasit said that the injuries inflicted by Coke ought to be punishment enough for the younger ne’er-do-well. Police disagreed however, and have charged Winet with arme