A pit bull is going to be put down after attacking a young woman outside of her home. Missy, the dog attacked the woman by biting her hand in the communal garden at her home in Gorton which reportedly resulted in 'a lot of bleeding' and required stitches in hospital.
The dog's owner, Gary Boswell, has been sentenced to 10 months behind bars after confirming that he was the owner of Missy, who at the time was behaving aggressively unsupervised and caused an injury. Boswell has also been forbidden from owning a dog for a decade, Manchester Evening News reports.
Manchester Crown Court heard that Boswell used Missy as a form of 'protection' from drug dealers who he claims were 'cuckooing' around his property. The court also heard Missy was a 'banned breed' and that the dog had previously been seized in 2017 by police.
