Police investigating the death of a man mauled by a dog in Wigan have seized 15 canines and made a second arrest.
Jonathan Hogg, 37, was attacked in Leigh, Wigan, on Thursday. He was found by police officers with serious injuries shortly after 9.10pm and taken to hospital, but died hours later.
Greater Manchester police (GMP) said a 22-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of money laundering on Friday evening after the arrest of a 24-year-old man on suspicion of being in charge of a dangerously out-of-control dog causing injury resulting in death.
“GMP officers searched two houses and seized 15 dogs (six adults and nine puppies) believed to be the same breed as that which attacked Jonathan. These dogs are now being cared for at a specialist facility,” said DCI John Davies.
“Items totalling a value of £37,500 believed to be the result of criminal proceeds have been seized.”
He added: “Dangerous dogs do not have a place in our communities, and we want to reassure the public that we are doing everything in our power to keep people safe. If you think someone has or is breeding dogs which endanger the public, please report it online on by calling 101.”
In a tribute released after Hogg died in the early hours of Friday, his family said: “Jonathan was a well loved, sensitive, and kind person who will never know how loved and appreciated he was by everyone who knew him. We have been inundated with messages of support and we ask for privacy at this time to come to terms with our loss.”
GMP has said armed officers used “every available tactic to subdue” the animal before it was killed because it posed a significant risk to the public.
At least three other people have been killed by dogs in the UK this year and the government has been told the law on dangerous dogs is “woefully inadequate”.
In January, four-year-old Alice Stones was killed by the family’s dog in Milton Keynes. That month Natasha Johnston, a dog walker from Croydon, was walking eight dogs when several of them turned on her in a frenzied attack. She died from “multiple penetrating bites to the neck”, an inquest later heard.
Last month, Wayne Stevens died after being attacked by a dog in Derby. The animal was shot dead and a man was charged under the Dangerous Dogs Act of being the person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death.
