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Research from Barnard College in New York has shown that a dog’s guilty-looking expression comes in response to your behaviour, not the animal’s sense of shame.
The results have prompted your dog to announce its attention to appeal a 2008 rolled-up newspaper, imposed after he was found guilty of pushing over the kitchen bin.
Your dog will argue that the verdict relied on your highly unscientific interpretation of his facial expression, and is thus unsafe.
The longtime pet seeks to have the conviction quashed, since in the original trial, held when you got home, he was not accorded natural justice.
Your dog had previously served five hours outside for shitting on the rug.
Should your dog’s appeal be successful, you will be ordered to pay compensation in the form of whatever is on the table right now, plus costs.
