Dog Called To Court As Star Witness In French Murder Trial

Tango, a nine-year-old Labrador, is believed to have witnessed his
master being killed during a fight in the city of Tours in the Loire
Valley according to the UK Express .
As a means of identifying the alleged murderer, Tango was called to
the stand, where the suspect threatened him with a bat.
The idea was that Tango would start barking, or show some other
sign that he recognised the killer.
In a preliminary hearing earlier this month, a second dog of the
same breed and age called Norman also summoned to undergo the
same test.
It led to protests from the suspect's lawyer, Gregoire Lafarge, who
said: "So if Tango lifted his right paw, moved his mouth or his tail,
is he recognising my client or not.
"I find it very troubling for the French legal system. If a judge
ignores the demands of reason and surrounds himself with experts
who are unreasonable, well the system becomes very dangerous."
However, the entire episode turned out to be a total failure, with
neither Tango nor Norman showing any interest in the man with the
bat, or in the rest of the court proceedings.