Breakfast dog fight leads to jail

A man surnamed Xu was detained for four and a half months for malicious injury, according to Shijingshan district court, the Beijing Evening News reported Sunday.

As Xu was buying his breakfast at a restaurant in Shijingshan in September last year, he became enraged when an elderly lady, surnamed Ma, came in with her pet dog. Ma abused Xu when he tried to stop her, but he then punched Ma. She sustained slight head injuries.