A young child has been left with terrible facial injuries after being savaged by a dog in front of his horrified mum.

The five-year-old, whose eye, ears and cheeks were damaged in Thursday’s attack in a Doncaster park, faces long lasting scars.

A 29-year-old man was arrested and has since been released on bail while the dog remains in police kennels.

The boy was walking with his mum in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, when a dog off the lead ‘aggressively’ approached him, police said.

The dog, thought to be a bull breed, attacked the boy’s face, who was then rushed to hospital. In a separate incident, an XL Bully dog killed a nine-month-old baby in South Wales on Sunday.

Two people were after emergency services were called to an address in Crossway, Rogiet, following a report of an attack

See Full Page