One of the victim’s of the Winson Green scary dogs attack has actually mentioned the minute he was whipped on the street. Simon Edge was walking home along Barford Road, off Summerfield, when the 2 huge dogs all of a sudden came ‘bounding’ towards him and bit into him.
Drawing blood as they tore into his flesh, the dad-of-one was entrusted to a series of injuries on his lower back, arm and upper body. The dogs ran to assault others while hurt Simon staggered lawns to his house on Willow Gardens.
When he went to City Hospital’s A&E, he discovered himself waiting with other victims consisting of a girl, among his neighbours and the relative of a man who had actually been bitten. An overall of 6 victims had actually been whipped by the out-of-control animals.
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Armed police came down on Willow Gardens and the dogs were taken and are now in secure kennels. A 28-year-old man has actually been jailed on suspicion of having a dog which was alarmingly out of control.
None of the injuries are said to be dangerous.
Simon, creator of not-for-profit The Real Junk Food Project Central, said: “I had actually simply been to the dental expert. It took place on Barford Road, around 50 lawns from Willow Gardens.
“These 2 dogs came bounding towards me. I do not understand what breed they were however they were huge. One was a bluey grey, the other was chocolate brown, black. I arrange of vacated the method a bit and they approach me.
“I got bitten 4 times, two times on the lower back, on the left arm and as soon as on the left hand side of my upper body. There was a car beside me with a lady inside and she was shouting with her hands up.
“The dogs let me go and ran in the instructions of the Muslim Funeral Directors on Barford Road. I went home and my injuries were stinging.”
Simon called the authorities who notified him they had actually received other reports and they were sending an expert dog system to the scene. He was recommended to go to A&E.
He said: “As I went to City Hospital, I saw authorities going to Barford Road. When I got to A&E, the lady who I had actually seen in the car sat beside me. She said somebody she understood had actually got assaulted too.
“Behind me, I noticed a neighbour of mine who had actually been assaulted. Then in front of me, there was a young girl, maybe 14 or 15 and she had actually been assaulted – her arms were bandaged.
“I thought that my injuries were moderate in contrast to hers. It was a shock. The girl asked me the length of time the attack lasted. It seemed like eternity however it was less than a minute.”
Simon saw the physician who cleaned up and repaired his injuries, offered him a tetanus jab and prescription antibiotics. As he recuperates from his experience, Simon included: “They were strong, vicious dogs.
“To bite someone is bad however to go round biting everybody is not typical. There may have been something incorrect with those dogs- it’s not typical.”
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