{"id":119512,"date":"2023-09-29T07:50:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T07:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=119512"},"modified":"2023-09-29T07:50:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T07:50:33","slug":"boy-4-has-head-bitten-in-bloodbath-xl-bully-attack-as-mum-fails-to-intervene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/boy-4-has-head-bitten-in-bloodbath-xl-bully-attack-as-mum-fails-to-intervene\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy, 4, has head bitten in bloodbath XL bully attack as mum ‘fails to intervene’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    A four-year-old boy has shockingly had his head bitten in by an XL Bully dog. . . while the mother \u201cfailed to intervene\u201d.<\/p>\n

    Mum Stacey Smith, 32, avoided jail after a judge claimed the \u201cfault may lie elsewhere\u201d. The boy, who has not named, has been left scarred for life and will now \u201cnever have a normal childhood\u201d after sustaining a \u201cbrutal\u201d attack by the dog called Nola.<\/p>\n

    The dog, later killed by police, was staying at the Smith family home for 10 days in August 2022. However, when the young boy opened the front gate of the home to play out in the garden, Nola burst open the front door and \u201clatched its jaws around his head,\u201d Liverpool Crown Court was told this week.<\/p>\n

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    Another woman, who is thought to be the boy's birth mother, was walking with him and tried to yank the dog off, while neighbours also tried to help. Meanwhile, Smith was said to have been standing inside the house dressed in a towel while 'panicking'.<\/p>\n

    The boy was rushed to Aintree University Hospital, before being moved to Alder Hey Children's Hospital. The court was told he had a right temporal depressed fracture along with multiple facial lacerations. He needed a muscle graft to repair the most severe injuries – and all the scarring will be permanent although it should fade over time. He is also continuing to suffer with severe headaches and flashbacks.<\/p>\n

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