Yenaba Kamara, of Goathland Drive, Woodhouse, said Connor Thomas, a friend of her daughter's, hit her puppy with a stick and kicked it before it turned on him.

Connor, also of Goathland Drive, was bitten on the back, stomach, arm and leg by the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Cross.

Today, Mrs Kamara, a grandmother, said: "He came to the house and was waiting for my daughter to come out and play. I told him not to come inside the gate. For some reason, the dog doesn't like Connor.

"I looked away for two minutes and he must have come inside the gate. Then I heard him screaming. My friend was watching from upstairs and said she saw Connor hitting and kicking the dog.

"I feel dreadful about the situation. I still feel bad because, at the end of the day, he's a little boy."

She pointed out that the dog was only a four-month-old puppy. But Connor's mum Maria has called for the dog to be put down.

Police said no action could be taken because the attack took place on private property - thereby exempt from the Dangerous Dogs Act, under which owners can be prosecuted.


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