A teenage girl may be left with permanent tendon damage after her hand was ripped open by a vicious dog while she was visiting a friend's house.
Cara Marshall, 17, was at her pal's home in Kirkcaldy when the family's Staffordshire Bull Terrier Pitbull cross escaped out the front door and mauled the youngster in the garden on Sunday, November 20.
The dog sank its teeth into Cara and shredded her hand during the frenzied attack. It is understood three people desperately tried to free the teenager from the dog's jaws before they managed to overpower the animal and drag it away.