Woman said XL Bully that killed man out walking his puppy was 'soft' hours before savage attack

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A woman told her friend that the XL Bully dog that mauled a dad to death was 'soft' hours before the attack. Ian Langley, 54, was walking his Patterdale terrier puppy close to his home in Sunderland when he was attacked by the dog shortly before 6.55pm on Tuesday evening.

The 54-year-old, originally from Liverpool and known to his friends as 'Scouse', suffered fatal neck injuries. A 44-year-old man was originally arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.

He was then re-arrested on suspicion of murder. READ MORE: Chilling footage shows killer driver filming Snapchat video moments before horror crash READ MORE: Family's fury after boy, 5, dies days after he's sent home from hospital Linda Blyth, who lives nearby in Maple Terrace in Shiney Row, where the attack happened, told the PA news agency: "We were told, 'go in, shut your doors' and then I heard the gun shot.

I don't know what set the dog off, everyone is speculating." She added that a friend of hers had just visited the XL bully that lunchtime and told her: "It's soft as clarts." According to Word Bank, soft as clarts means 'kind hearted' while clarts is used to describe something which is 'muddy'.