Police rule on dog attack

Apr 18 2008 by Darren Devine, South Wales Echo

SOUTH Wales Police says no prosecutions will be brought over a rottweiler attack that left a four-year-old girl in hospital needing 20 stitches.

Sophie Willis, of Halliard Court, Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff Bay, received emergency treatment at the city’s University Hospital of Wales following the attack earlier this month. Parents Rob and Caroline got the animal from Cardiff council’s dog home the day before the attack, which left Sophie with a two-inch wound near her eye.

A spokesperson for South Wales Police said: “The matter has been finalised and charges have not been sought in relation to any party.”

Mr Willis, who works as a security guard, said he bought the 10-stone dog named Kaizer so it could operate alongside him at the DSI Security site in Newport. He said they checked on “more than one occasion” that the dog, which has since been destroyed, would be safe around children.

But Cardiff council’s chief strategy planning and environment officer Sean Hannaby said it was the responsibility of any potential new owner to choose a dog suitable for their home.