A beloved dog tragically died days after being viciously attacked by an English Bulldog in Billingham. Dad Ashley Selby was hauled before magistrates and ordered to pay £7,500 in vet bills after his dog Diesel seriously injured a whippet, named Nelson.

Teesside Magistrates' Court heard how the woman walking the pup was also injured as she tried to pry the attacking bulldog off a family member's adored pet during the incident in Pendle Crescent. Selby, 52, denied being the owner or person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury but was found guilty at the trial he failed to attend earlier this year.

Selby claimed a young family member had taken Diesel for a walk without his knowledge on the day of the attack, four days after he had adopted the dog.

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