An 18-year-old girl was mauled by a vicious dog in a brutal attack and left with serious facial injuries which required 28 stitches.
Lily-Blu Whitehurst had been over at her friend's house in September 2021 when the family's English bull terrier who has been happily sitting on her lap randomly lunged at her.
Lily-Blu from Congleton, Cheshire, said: “I was sat on the sofa next to the owner. Their dog was lying across my lap. I moved forward because it was heavy and it just attacked.” The Mirror reports the teen was left with a fractured nose and is still unable to fully close one of her eyelids after the bite missed her eyes by millimetres.
She was forced to miss two and a half months of school after the attack which she says will 'continue to have an effect on me for the rest of my life'.
Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk