'She was a lovely girl and you could always hear her singing. We'll all really miss her around here'
Heartbreaking tributes have been paid to a 'beautiful' woman who was mauled to death by her pet dog as she reportedly suffered a seizure at home.
As police are carrying out a breed assessment on the seized dog, neighbour Lorraine Griffiths told how the horror unfolded shortly after mid-day on Monday. She said: "Kelly suffers from seizures and is thought to have fallen to the floor while having a fit. She added: "Kelly had only had the dog for three or four months. A relative has five Bully dogs and gave one to her sister. But for whatever reason her sister didn't want it and gave it to take on. The dog was never a problem and didn't seem dangerous. She lives in a first floor council flat with a communal garden at the rear and she used to let the dog run around there. It was brown in colour and not so big but had a thick powerful chest.
Kelly's death was the fourth fatal dog attack in the UK in 2024, after a record 16 deaths in 2023 up from six in 2022, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. Many of the recent deaths have involved the American XL bully breed, which was added to the list of banned breeds in England and Wales at the start of the year.
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