Teen left with severe facial injuries after bull terrier mauling 'missed eyes by millimetres'
09.03.2023 - 18:17
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
An 18-year-old girl was mauled by a vicious dog in a brutal attack and left with serious facial injuries which required 28 stitches. Lily-Blu Whitehurst had been over at her friend's house in September 2021 when the family's English bull terrier who has been happily sitting on her lap randomly lunged at her.
Lily-Blu from Congleton, Cheshire, said: “I was sat on the sofa next to the owner. Their dog was lying across my lap. I moved forward because it was heavy and it just attacked.”
The Mirror reports the teen was left with a fractured nose and is still unable to fully close one of her eyelids after the bite missed her eyes by millimetres. She was forced to miss two and a half months of school after the attack which she says will 'continue to have an effect on me for the rest of my life'.
The owner of the dog was fined £700 and the animal is now made to wear a muzzle outside and sit in a cage when there are visitors. Speaking of her painful injuries,
Lily-Blue recalls: ”The bite was millimetres from my eyes. One cut was across my eyelid.
"I couldn’t open one of my eyes for about two weeks and my forehead swelled up. A year on, one eye still can’t fully close. I think it will continue to have an effect on me for the rest of my life.”
The victim has two of her own pet dogs, including Buster, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
She said: “I know how to act around dogs. I’ve had dogs all my life. It’s helped me to realise that not all dogs are like that.”
Lily-Blu recalled the horror as a new study claims dog attacks in England and Wales have risen by more than a third in the past five years. A report by the BBC found a 34% rise in police recorded incidents but the UK's dog population has risen by only around 15% in that time.
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