Suraya Highton-Lawal callously left as the victim screamed to call an ambulance after the dog trampled her
A mum callously left after her dog mauled a neighbour so severely she was left requiring healthcare facility treatment for 5 days.
The XL bully, owned by Suraya Highton-Lawal, tore “inches” of skin from the arm of the victim who was left screaming for an ambulance as Highton-Lawal overlooked her and returned into her house.
Liverpool Crown Court heard on Friday that Clare Holden was assaulted by Highton-Lawal’s dogs while looking for to secure her own dog from damage.
Ms Holden parked her car at the back of her address on Falkner Square in the Georgian Quarter at around 9.15am on September 21 and took her dog out of the vehicle on its lead, the Liverpool Echo reports.
At the exact same time 31-year-old Highton-Lawal let her 2 XL bullies out into the common garden and parking lot off their leads.
Ken Grant, prosecuting, explained how the dogs “instantly” tried to attack Ms Holden’s family pet. She was left holding her own dog up in the air in order to keep it out of damage’s method.
But Highton-Lawal’s dogs started “tossing themselves” at her. One of them, Walter, sunk its teeth into her best arm and “locked on”.
It ultimately launched its grip and Ms Holden handled to get herself and her dog back into the car, although it continued attempting to bite her legs as she did so. The complainant screamed for Highton-Lawal – of Low Wood Street in Kensington – to call her an ambulance, however the mother-of-two overlooked her sobs and returned into her flat.
Police and paramedics went to the scene, with Ms Holden consequently spending 5 days in Whiston Hospital and going through “substantial” cosmetic surgery. Walter was later on destroyed.
A declaration read out to the court on Ms Holden’s behalf explained how she has actually been left “paranoid” about the injury to her arm and sensation “self mindful” about it. She likewise mentioned that “seeing the dogs sets off something deep within her” while she “relives the situation over and over once again”, including: “I am scarred for life.”
“My arm is warped. I am advised of this attack every day.”
Julian Nutter, protecting, informed the court: “There is what has actually been considered to be an absence of regret, however there is product which recommends the contrary. This lady has actually stopped keeping dogs.
“It was a random attack. It was not a ‘go get ’em boy’ attack.
“It is a one-off. There has actually been absolutely nothing considering that.
“She is a single mom and a good mom. This is severe and ought to be show by a custodial sentence, however it can be effectively suspended.”
Highton-Lawal confessed supervising of an alarmingly out of control dog triggering injury. She was handed a 16-month jail time suspended for 2 years.
Judge David Hale explained Ms Holden’s injuries as “entirely horrendous”, stating in his sentencing remarks: “Looking at the photos, Walter appears like an effective dog. Walter opted for Ms Holden’s dog as she was leaving her car without triggering you any trouble at all.
“Walter has actually triggered her the most terrible injury. The skin has actually come off from the arm for rather a significant location – inches, really undesirable.
“She remained in healthcare facility being dealt with for 5 days, and afterwards needing to go through skin grafts. She is extremely mindful of it – seeing it every day, feeling it every day and needing to walk past the scene every day.
“Walter has no history of acting like this. He was certainly an energetic dog, and you understood that.
“The reality that you have actually got 2 kids, aged 10 and 6, without any one to care for them if you are put in jail leads me undoubtedly to need to suspend the sentence.”
Highton-Lawal was likewise prohibited from keeping dogs for 7 years. She will be needed to finish 140 hours of unsettled work and a rehab activity requirement of approximately 10 days.
