A 'dangerously out of control' dog savaged an 11-year-old girl, a pensioner and a 20-year-old man in three separate horrific attacks.
The creature lunged at the schoolgirl as she walked home from school, sinking its teeth into her leaving her with a nasty wound and suffering from nightmares.
The dog's owner Faisal Waleed, from Hull, has been jailed after admitting to three offences of owning a dangerously out of control dog following the attacks, which also a 74-year-old man needing hospital treatment.
Waleed's brown Alsation-type dog left the schoolgirl - a former dog lover - terrified of the animals, and also bit the 20-year-old woman's arm leaving her with red marks and bruises.
The series of attacks happened in November and December last year within days of one another and on the same street, Hull Live reports
Rachel Scott, prosecuting, told Hull Crown court that, on the first occasion, a 74-year-old man was out on his daily morning walk at the city's Victoria Dock when a large dog ran out at him from behind a wall and attacked him by biting his right arm.
The pensioner was pulled to the ground in the attack and began yelling and screaming for it to let him go.
Waleed, 30, tried to get the dog off the victim and it initially let go but it then lashed out again, biting both his shoulders.
Waleed apologised and offered the pensioner money and a taxi home, while also to phone for an ambulance which the victim "understandably refused" - instead taking himself to A&E on foot.
The man suffered cuts and severe bruises to his right arm and bruises to both shoulders.
He later said: "I am now very conscious of any dog that I see in the street. I now feel very anxious when I see dogs off-lead."
The next attack happened the following day, the court heard, when a 20-year-old woman was walking in the same area with her mother.
Waleed was walking two dogs at the time, one of which from the day before jumped at her taking hold of her right arm in its mouth and biting down.
This time, Waleed did not try to help.
"The dog continued to bite her arm and jumped up towards her face," said Miss Scott. "This went on for about one minute."
"She now has an increased fear of dogs," said Miss Scott. "That's very disappointing to her because she is a dog lover."
The woman still had pains in her arm from the attack and it felt weakened.
She believed that she had muscle damage and she had pain and aching when working. "It's very uncomfortable," she said.
Two weeks later on December 16, the 11-year-old was attacked on the same area at the Dock, as the dog lunged at her while being walked by Waleed.
"It bit her on the left wrist, causing her to the fall to the floor.
"She was screaming and could see blood running down her arm. The defendant pulled the dog away, initially without success."
Waleed then began to punch and kick the dog in retaliation for the attack, which left the youngster needing stitches and still hadn't regained feeling in two of her fingers.
The girl's mother told the court that her daughter was traumatised and on a waiting list for therapy.
Humberside Police seized Waleed's dog, which had been unwell and was later put down.
The unnamed dog had been taken on as company for Waleed by an unknown person.
"He was living alone at the time in a flat on Victoria Dock," said Julia Baggs, mitigating.
"He was struggling clearly with the dog's behaviour and was not aware that it was going to be aggressive."
Waleed fully understood the impact of the dog attacks on the victims and he wanted to apologise, Ms Baggs added.
Judge John Thackray KC told Waleed: "You behaved with a reckless disregard for the safety of others. The incidents could so easily have led to a fatality. Only good fortune prevented that.
"Understandably, your actions have had a profound effect upon your victims. They may never fully recover from these attacks."
Waleed was jailed for two years and was banned from owning a dog indefinitely.
