WE WANT JUSTICE

COUPLE WHO LOST DAUGHTER TO DOG ATTACK DEMAND LAW CHANGE

- BEN GRIFFITHS AND PAUL BRITTON

THE family of a teenage girl who was mauled to death by four dogs has backed a new campaign for stricter laws amid a series of recent fatal attacks.

Jade Lomas-Anderson was bitten “from head to toe” by two bull mastiffs and two Staffordshire bull terriers at a friend’s home in Atherton, Wigan, on March 26, 2013. She tragically died from her injuries aged just 14.

An inquest into Jade’s death was told her friend’s mother, Beverley Concannon, had five dogs. Some, however, were said to be “stir-crazy” and “hyper-aggressive” from being caged or cooped up inside the house, with neighbours alleging at the inquest they weren’t walked.

Prosecutors said there was not enough evidence for a manslaughter case. Instead, magistrates gave her a 16-week suspended sentence for animal cruelty and a ban on keeping dogs.