A pensioner has been left ‘absolutely terrified' of dogs after being attacked by her neighbour’s ‘out of control’ Staffordshire bull terrier. Jacqueline McGrew, 76, suffered serious bites to her face, head, arms, hand and back after she was attacked from behind by the dog.
She’d gone to visit her neighbour on June 14 last year but when she went onto the garden, the dog, who was called Kia, immediately attacked her. The large dog only stopped attacking her when it was sprayed with a hosepipe.
Following an investigation by police, David Wilson, 57, was charged with being the owner/person in charge of dog dangerously out of control causing injury. Jacqueline had surgery on her head, suffered a broken nose and the sight in her right eye was affected for a week but she was discharged from hospital after 14 days. She has now said she is 'absolutely terrified' of dogs and is 'having to change how I live my daily life' because of her fear.
