Return of pit bull 'like giving criminal a gun'
Manchester Evening News|August 24, 2023
VICTIM OF DOG ATTACK CRITICAL OF MOVE TO GIVE ANIMAL BACK TO OWNER
JAMES HOLT LUCY THORNTON
Return of pit bull 'like giving criminal a gun'

A WOMAN was scarred for life in a savage pit bull attack outside her Airbnb apartment.

Jennie Lawrenson has now shared fears about the dog being returned to its owner, likening it to 'giving a criminal a gun!

She spent three days in hospital after an English pit bull called Kaiser mauled her as she tried to throw its owner Holly Snelgar out of her Airbnb flat in Manchester. She feared she would die as the dog tore into her arms, shoulders, legs, chest and torso, reports our sister paper The Mirror.

This story is from the August 24, 2023 edition of Manchester Evening News.

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