- An inquest has opened into the death of 55-year-old James Judge, who died at Leeds General Infirmary following a dog bite incident on a footpath in Wakefield on 15 August.
- A post-mortem examination established the provisional cause of death as complications arising from a right leg wound sustained from the dog bite.
- Lee Ellis, 55, of Calder Grove, Wakefield, has been charged with manslaughter and being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death.
- Bradford Magistrates' Court heard that the altercation between the men initially escalated from an argument regarding a right of way on the footpath.
- Acting senior coroner Oliver Longstaff adjourned the inquest pending criminal proceedings, with Ellis scheduled to appear at Leeds Crown Court on 26 September.
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