From Saturday it will be a criminal offence to injure a police dog or horse thanks to a campaign by an officer and his brave service dog. Finn’s Law closes a loophole which meant service animals were treated as force property – helping the criminals who hurt them dodge more serious charges. The legislation was inspired by hero ex-service dog Finn who was viciously stabbed through the chest and head while protecting his handler PC David Wardell in 2016. David started the Finn’s Law campaign after the suspect was only charged with criminal damage to Finn – one of the only available charges at...