74% DEMAND ACTION ON DANGER DOGS

Public backs our campaign for overhaul of law to tackle horror attacks | Plea for overhaul of sentencing rules

- LUCY THORNTON, DAN WARBURTON

My Jack lost his life but the culprits' jail term was an insult

THE mother of a boy killed by an American Bully XL has criticised the “pathetic and insulting” jail terms given to the people in charge of the animal and welcomed our poll calling for tougher sentences.

Our survey found 74% of people want an overhaul of sentencing guidelines so that those responsible for out-of-control dogs face harsher sanctions.

And more than 55% of people in the poll said the current laws on dangerous dogs were not fit for purpose.

Emma Whitfield, whose son Jack Lis was mauled to death in November 2021, is backing the Mirror's call for action on danger dogs and said she hoped the poll would make the Government listen.

She said "It's good to know that a lot of people feel the same way about the sentencing guidelines as we do.

"That's almost 75%, a lot of people. It shows that so many of us think the same way that current sentencing is not tough enough.