25 h. ago Family of retired butcher killed while walking his dog tell of their 'nightmare' after learning his attacker is now being let out on visits

Lewis Stone (pictured), 71, was on holiday in the seaside Welsh village of Borth, Ceredigion, in February 2019 when he was repeatedly stabbed by David Fleet, then 21.

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33 h. ago Shock police figures reveal dramatic rise in dog attacks across the UK

The number of 'out of control' attacks recorded by police forces in England and Wales have increased over the past five years, some by as much as a staggering 163%

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39 h. ago Bristol XL Bully attack: Neighbours recall chilling noises as dog mauled woman in home

Neighbours living near the house in Bristol recalled hearing a dog 'growling' and sounds of screaming after an XL Bully attack, which has left a woman in her 40s with 'life changing' injuries

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45 h. ago Woman seriously injured by 'nasty' XL Bully dog as children scream in horror

An air ambulance and emergency services were called to a property in Bristol after a woman, believed to be in her 40s, was left with serious injuries following a dog attack

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47 h. ago XL Bully victim's neighbour says 'I'd never seen a dog so nasty' after woman attacked at home

An eyewitness said he heard children screaming from the home in Brislington before all went quiet' as emergency services descended on the scene

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51 h. ago Attack by suspected banned XL bully dog leaves woman with ‘potentially life

Police forced to use protective shields to go into house

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54 h. ago Bristol 'XL Bully' dog attack as woman mauled in her own home with riot police rushing to house

Avon & Somerset Police officers had to use protective shields to enter a home in Bristol where a woman had suffered "life-changing" injuries in a dog attack

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4 d. ago Thug, 44, who ordered his XL Bully named King to 'get him, kill him' before hound mauled man and Good Samaritan is jailed

Colin Pearson shouted at his dog saying 'kill him' before it unleashed a vicious attack on a man and a Good Samaritan, leaving both with serious injuries.

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4 d. ago Police share CCTV of pensioner’s final moments before fatal attack as teenagers found guilty

Bhim Kohli is seen walking his dog in the final moments before a fatal attack in CCTV footage released by Leicestershire Police.

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4 d. ago Daughter of elderly dog walker says 'disgusting' teenage killers 'humiliated' him before brutally beating him to death in racist attack

Bhim Kohli, 80, was racially abused and slapped in the face with a shoe by a balaclava-clad boy in Leicester while a girl filmed part of the attack and laughed.

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4 d. ago The emoji killers: How teen thug, 14, laughed to friends 'feds know it's me' and girl, 12, told police she found it 'a bit funny' after elderly dog walker was beaten to death in racist attack

The boy, now 15, and the girl, now 13, were found guilty of killing Bhim Kohli, 80, who was injured and racially abused just yards from his home in Braunstone near Leicester on September 1 last year.

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4 d. ago 'These dog attacks are happening more and more, running wild... things have to change'

WARNING, CONTAINS GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING

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4 d. ago Dangerous dog on the loose for days after attacking officer shot dead by police

Police shot dead the American Bully, which had mauled one of their officers, on Monday evening after spending hours attempting to safely capture the dangerous dog

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5 d. ago Girl left with permanent scarring after dog attack in Bridgend

Warning: This article contains distressing images.

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5 d. ago Man left with horror injuries after being savaged by aggressive dog in nightmare attack

A man in his 50s has endured life-changing injuries after he was attacked by a crazed dog. Villagers in Lancashire tried to stop the animal but was unable to stop it from latching onto the victim

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5 d. ago Drunk man paid £80 for 'fighting dog' that attacked boy, 4, hours later

Joel Bapaga pleaded guilty to two charges of owning a dog which caused injury while dangerously out of control after a four-year-old boy was attacked by his Cane Corso

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9 d. ago Cops shoot 'XL Bully' type dog after it attacked man and woman

Local reports indicate that the large canine was an XL Bully type dog.

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9 d. ago Police shoot 'XL Bully type dog' dead after it 'attacked man and woman' outside house

A dog thought to be an "XL Bully type" has been shot dead by police in Newtownards, County Down, this evening after a reported attack on a man and a woman outside a house

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1 week ago Boy’s actions ‘appalling’ but he is ‘not a murderer’, trial jury told

A teenage boy accused of attacking an 80-year-old man as he walked his dog did not intend to kill him, his barrister has told a murder trial jury.

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1 week ago Warrington XL Bully dog attack: Tragic first picture of grandad savaged to death in quiet street

Armed police had to fire 19 shots to destroy the XL Bully which attacked John McColl and another suspected XL Bully inside the address due their "sheer size and ferocity" the force said

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