'There was blood everywhere' Woman and 14-year-old boy mauled by dog

Police were called to a home on Haywharf Road, Pensnett, at around 11am this morning, July 23.

They were called after reports of a dog which had attacked two people on the street, a woman in her 40s, and a 14-year-old boy.

Both of them were dealt 'serious' injuries to their arms, but were thankfully not life threatening or life changing.

A witness, who claims they saw the horror play out said they woke up to 'shrieking sounds of agony and blood everywhere' when looking outside at the incident.

The witness, who wished not to be named, said: "I witnessed the attack myself, it was about 11am, I was sleeping at the time but woke up to hear a kid crying in the street, an agonising cry, like they were being attacked, like a squeal.

"I saw a dog attacking a child, then the dog being taken away as the child was brought back inside, then I saw a second person, an adult, get attacked.

"Half an hour later the police arrived, we saw loads of neighbours reacting, police cordoned off the street.

"The attack was horrendous, there was blood everywhere.

"The police told us to get back inside our property, the dog was then loaded in the back of a van, I'm not sure if was an XL Bully, is didn't look like one, it was very tall."

A spokesperson for West Midlands Police, said: "A dog has been seized after it bit a 14-year-old boy and a woman, in her 40s, in Haywharf Road, Pensnett this morning around 11am.

"Both have injuries to their arms which are serious, but fortunately not life threatening or life changing."