TWO JAILED AFTER 'HORRIFIC' INCIDENT LEFT 'TRULY BREATHTAKING' INJURIES

THE owners of a dangerous Akita dog that savaged a toddler, leaving them with “breath-taking” facial injuries have been jailed.

- By DAVID POWELL Daily Post Reporter

Kayleigh Godbert, 39, and Thomas Moir, 38, were both jailed yesterday for 18 months after they admitted owning or being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control which caused injury.

A judge at Mold Crown Court heard the toddler was bitten six times and will be scarred for life.

The court heard Moir had been drinking for 18 hours and was asleep at the time of the incident. A court order prohibits identification of the child.

Prosecutor Emmalyne Downing said Godbert had bought the Akita dog from a Pets4Homes website for £150. But one spring it became aggressive and bit someone.

Afterwards a woman warned Moir: “That dog could have ripped them to bits”.

She urged Moir to “get rid of the dog, because it could not be trusted”.

However he didn’t and several months later it bit the victim in this case, the court heard. An ambulance was called.