The Metropolitan Police said the man was “fatally injured” following the tragic mauling in the early hours of Wednesday morning – and a woman has now been charged with multiple offences
A 42-year-old man has died following a horror dog attack in east London – and a woman has been charged with offences related to having a dog dangerously out of control.
The London Metropolitan Police said they rushed to the scene of the mauling on Shirley Road, in Stratford, at around 4.53am on December 4 following “reports that a man had been seriously wounded”. The man, who was 42, was taken to hospital where he later died, and police said in a statement that his family has been informed, with one woman arrested and charged following the incident.
Leanne McDonnell, 32, of Shirley Road, Stratford, was arrested and on Thursday, December 5, and charged with multiple offences. They include owning a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death, failing in the duty, as a person responsible for an animal, to ensure its welfare, and having custody of a fighting dog.
McDonnell was also charged with three counts of owning a dog dangerously out of control causing no injury, in relation to a separate incident on Monday, November 18. She was remanded in custody to appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Friday, December 6. Police have seized the dog that was involved in the offences.
