"The dog's got away with it": Girl, four, 'scarred for life' after terrier bites her cheek in park
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA four-year-old girl is said to have been 'scarred for life' after a dog bit her as she played in a park. Daisy Fagan needed stitches in her cheek after the black terrier bit her on the lips and left blood 'squirting' from her face, her family said.
And they said she still wakes up every night crying from nightmares of the mauling last month. But as the dog wasn't a banned breed, police have been left powerless to seize it.
The dog's owner was given a 'conditional caution' by police. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. Mum Charlotte Slyfield, 28, has called for a crackdown on dogs which attack - irrespective of their class or pedigree.
She said: "The dog has done the same thing as a banned breed, so I can’t see the difference. This little terrier has come along and tried to take her face off.
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