Antony Head, who played Buffy’s mentor, Rupert Giles, in the American series, said it was ‘wonderful’ the dog, which was seized by Customs in February for being a pitbull – a type banned in Jersey without a licence, had been allowed home for Christmas.
Last month the actor, who has also appeared in The Inbetweeners Movie, The Iron Lady – about the life of Margaret Thatcher – Lady Chatterley’s Lover and on stage in Little Britain Live, joined the fight to save Mr Bronx by tweeting a link to a petition addressed to the Home Affairs Minister.
He said on Friday: ‘Wonderful outcome for Mr Bronx and his family. We couldn’t be happier. Well done to all involved for recognising that the true measure of a dog cannot be determined by a length of tape’.
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