Killer XL Bully owner's girlfriend hits out saying life is 'ruined' in Facebook rant

Killer XL Bully owner's girlfriend hits out saying life is 'ruined' in Facebook rantLauren Lawler fumed her dogs 'would still be alive now' if victim John McColl - who was killed in a horror mauling - 'didn't take it upon himself' to enter her gardenNewsWesley Holmes and Zahra Khaliq News Reporter19:26, 07 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesToretto, one of the XL bullies shot by police(Image: Cheshire Police / SWNS)The girlfriend of an XL Bully breeder says her life has been "ruined" after her dogs were shot when one of them mauled and killed a pensioner who accidentally wandered into her garden.‌Lauren Lawler said "(her) dogs would still be alive now" if victim John McColl "didn't take it upon himself to go into (her) garden". Her partner, Sean Garner, 31, was found guilty of owning a dangerously out of control dog, causing death, at Liverpool Crown Court last week.‌The horror attack unfolded on Bardsley Avenue in Warrington on February 24 last year when Mr McColl mistakenly entered Garner's driveway while walking home from the pub.‌One of the dogs, called Toretto, launched at the 84-year-old as neighbours who heard McColl's screams tried using a brush, golf club and spirit level to fight off the banned breed.Armed police were called to the scene, and one officer shot the XL Bully nine times with a pistol while another blasted the dog with a shotgun. Officers also shot dead a second XL Bully, a female called Malibu, which was found on the property so as to "not to take any chances," reports the Liverpool Echo.View 3 ImagesFemale XL bully Malibu didn't attack Mr McCroll but was also shot(Image: PA)‌After Garner was found guilty, his girlfriend Lauren Lawler wrote a series of posts on Facebook calling police and government "the biggest load of vile corrupt people I've ever come across."In a post containing pictures of both Malibu and Toretto, she wrote: "Does Mal...