Staffy followed boy, 4, upstairs and attacked him

A STAFFORDSHIRE bull terrier attacked a four-year-old boy when they were alone upstairs.

- By ESTHER HALLIGAN

Rescue dog “Princess” followed the boy, as his owner was feeding his other dog, on November 16 last year.

Princess's owner Andrew Waldron and his girlfriend, the boy's mother, heard screams at Waldron’s Hemlington home. They rushed upstairs and saw Princess biting the boy.

An ambulance was called and the boy was rushed to James Cook University hospital. He had been bitten on the cheek and on the back of his head. Teesside Crown Court heard the ambulance crew contacted the police, and when they arrived at the home on Eddison Way, Princess had been shut in a room upstairs. The four-year-old boy's mother was staying at Waldron’s home with her other children. Princess was taken into police kennels.