'I live in fear now a dog who wounded a spaniel after attacking a boy has been allowed to stay in our village'
"Somebody is going to take matters into their own hands," fears a Featherstone grandmother speaking out after magistrates ruled an American Akita dog behind two attacks in the village can stay there.
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Jackie Podmore, who lives near Christopher Stewart, the owner of Coda, witnessed the aftermath of a 'frightening' attack earlier this year on a dog which was being walked by a couple including a pregnant woman with their son in Brookhouse Lane.
It left the spaniel – named Bentley – needing £1,000 worth of treatment to gaping wounds caused by the attack, on April 14.
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And it was the second time Coda had attacked in the village – on May 28 last year a 15-year-old boy was attacked as he walked to the shops. The dog only narrowly missed a major nerve in his arm.
His mother started a petition to prevent the dog being returned to the village after it was temporarily moved out.
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