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| Clifford Clarke dog death: Norris Green women admit offences | Clifford Clarke dog death: Norris Green women admit offences |
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| Two women whose dog mauled a 79-year-old man to death in Liverpool have admitted allowing the attack to happen. | |
| Hayley Sulley, 30, and Della Woods, 29, were charged after Clifford Clarke was attacked by the dog in his garden. | Hayley Sulley, 30, and Della Woods, 29, were charged after Clifford Clarke was attacked by the dog in his garden. |
| The pair, of Swallowhurst Crescent, Norris Green, admitted allowing their dog to enter a non-public place and subsequently cause injury, in May 2013. | The pair, of Swallowhurst Crescent, Norris Green, admitted allowing their dog to enter a non-public place and subsequently cause injury, in May 2013. |
| They were prosecuted under the Dangerous Dogs Act (1991) and are due to be sentenced on 3 June. | They were prosecuted under the Dangerous Dogs Act (1991) and are due to be sentenced on 3 June. |
| Liverpool Crown Court heard Mr Clarke was attacked by the bull mastiff crossed with "either a Presa Canario or a Bandog", a breed not on the banned list covered by the legislation. | |
| 'Dragged on floor' | 'Dragged on floor' |
| The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) told the court Mr Clarke was attacked after he opened his back door to air the kitchen while he cooked food. | The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) told the court Mr Clarke was attacked after he opened his back door to air the kitchen while he cooked food. |
| Woods and Sulley's dog Charlie, which carried out the attack, and another dog had escaped from their garden and gone into the retired hospital porter's garden, said the CPS. | Woods and Sulley's dog Charlie, which carried out the attack, and another dog had escaped from their garden and gone into the retired hospital porter's garden, said the CPS. |
| Neighbours reported seeing the dog behaving dangerously, said the CPS, and one called the police when he heard screaming coming from Mr Clarke's garden. | Neighbours reported seeing the dog behaving dangerously, said the CPS, and one called the police when he heard screaming coming from Mr Clarke's garden. |
| The CPS said the same neighbour then saw the pensioner on the floor being dragged and mauled by one of the dogs. | The CPS said the same neighbour then saw the pensioner on the floor being dragged and mauled by one of the dogs. |
| Sulley and Woods also pleaded guilty to three offences of causing unnecessary suffering to a dog by an act or failure to act. | Sulley and Woods also pleaded guilty to three offences of causing unnecessary suffering to a dog by an act or failure to act. |
| These charges were brought after tests showed the dog had not been fed or watered adequately for several hours before the attack, the CPS said. It was destroyed after the attack. | These charges were brought after tests showed the dog had not been fed or watered adequately for several hours before the attack, the CPS said. It was destroyed after the attack. |
| Tougher laws are being introduced in England and Wales raising the maximum jail sentence for the owner of a dog that kills someone, from two to 14 years. | Tougher laws are being introduced in England and Wales raising the maximum jail sentence for the owner of a dog that kills someone, from two to 14 years. |
| The maximum sentence for a dog attack resulting in someone's death would be the same as that for death caused by dangerous driving, under the proposals. | The maximum sentence for a dog attack resulting in someone's death would be the same as that for death caused by dangerous driving, under the proposals. |