Adobe StockA Staffordshire Bull Terrier, which had been involved in two previous attacks, was put down after it scarred a woman for life.
The dog, named Achilles, attacked the woman outside a block of flats in the Milton area of Glasgow on October 30, 2023.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that the victim had been putting the bins out for her mother at the time.
Prosecutor Darren Harty stated that Achilles ran towards the woman, and she “screamed in fear”.
The fiscal depute added: “Achilles bit her arm and [the victim] screamed in agony as blood soaked through her jumper.”
Achilles’ owner Steven McKee, 43, appeared and the woman told him that the dog had bit her.
The victim’s mother initially tended to her arm, which had a “large chunk missing” and continued to bleed.
“McKee was apologetic and said that this was the third time that this had happened,” Mr Harty said.
“McKee said that he was going to get the dog put down as he struggled to control it.”
The woman was taken to hospital, where she received a tetanus injection.
She was advised that the wound to her arm would result in permanent scarring.
She underwent surgery for a skin tear and was given stitches.
Police later traced McKee, who said: “I got that dog put down as he bit my neighbour’s daughter.”
McKee pled guilty to being the owner of a dog which was dangerously out of control, which bit the woman to her severe injury and permanent disfigurement.
Sentencing was deferred pending background reports by Sheriff Paul Reid who granted McKee bail.
Follow STV News on WhatsApp
Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
