英4歲女孩被寵物狗襲擊後死亡

A four-year-old mauled to death by a pet dog has been described by neighbours as a happy, sweet little girl.

The dog, believed to be a French bull mastiff, was the family's pet and was from a rescue home, according to neighbours.

The girl, named locally as Lexi, lived with her mother Jodi Hudson, who, according to reports, stabbed the dog as she tried in vain to save her daughter.

Police said the animal died shortly after the attack, which happened just after noon on Tuesday in Rowena Court in t Mountsorrell, between Loughborough and Leicester.

Leicestershire police said officers were called to a flat in the street at about 12.15pm following a report of a young girl being attacked by a dog.

A spokesman said the youngster was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, where she died.

Glennis Goddard, who has lived in the quiet cul-de-sac of small blocks of flats for 27 years, said: "Their pet dog has attacked a little girl, Lexi. It's a terrible was a sweet little thing and used to run round here on a bike and knock on my windows. She used to play with our cats, outside. She wasn't very big, only a little thin thing."

Goddard said the dog had been no trouble at all previously and could not understand why it had apparently turned. She said she had been stroking the dog just two days ago after seeing it out with Hudson. She described the dog as being "a mastiff-type".

Arthur Nash, another neighbour, said: "Everybody is in shock at the moment with her dying. When I saw an ambulance pull up I thought it was an old lady on the court who had had a heart attack, and then the neighbour came up and said she had been killed by the dog. We're in shock.

Gloria Longmire, a secretary at Mountsorrel Methodist church, regularly walks her dogs up nearby Cross Lane. She said: "It's tragic, it is really tragic. I would say we do have a strong community here and people will be absolutely horrified, and it's dreadful that it's a family pet."

Paul Ryan, a friend of the family, said they had had the dog for only two months after picking it up from a local rescue centre. He said Hudson was "in hysterics" after the attack and she kept saying she had been told the dog was safe around children, the Daily Mirror reported.

Ryan said: "Apparently it suddenly turned on Lexi for no reason. She was in bed sleeping with her mum and it came in and just went mental. It grabbed Lexi and wouldn't let go. Jodi was screaming and trying to pull its head away but it wouldn't give in. In the end she had to use a knife to release its jaw. It must have been absolutely terrifying."

Melanie Wright, an East Midlands ambulance service spokesman, said a 999 call had been been received at 12.05pm reporting an injured child who had been attacked by a dog.

She said: "We responded by dispatching clinicians in two fast response cars, a double crewed ambulance and the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland air ambulance. We also informed Leicestershire police.

"The child was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham where, tragically, she has since died.

This was a very distressing 999 call for all concerned and we are providing support to our colleagues who responded."

It is not believed the dog was a breed listed under section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act.據英國《衛報》報道，一個被鄰居公認爲快樂、可愛的4歲小女孩被家中的寵物狗咬死。

他們的鄰居稱，肇事狗是一條體型碩大的法國鬥牛獒犬，是這個家庭從救助中心領養來的寵物。

這名叫萊克斯的女孩與她的母親朱迪·哈德森住在一起。據報道，當萊克斯被襲擊時，朱迪試圖刺死寵物狗，但也無能爲力。

警方表示，11月5日週二午後的襲擊事件發生在拉夫伯勒和萊斯特之間的羅威那法院地區，寵物狗在發起襲擊後不久被刺死亡。

萊斯特郡警方表示，在接到女孩被狗襲擊的報警後，立即部署警力，在中午12時15分趕往事發公寓。

新聞發言人表示，小女孩萊克斯隨後被送往諾丁漢的皇后醫療中心，但最終不治身亡。

在該街區巷末居住長達27年的鄰居格萊尼斯·戈達德說：“寵物狗襲擊了小女孩萊克斯，這真是一件令人震驚的事。她很可愛，常常騎車在周圍兜圈，並不時敲擊我的窗戶。她常在外面與我們的貓咪玩耍，她是一個很瘦弱的小女孩。”

戈達德說，這條狗之前一直很乖，她不明白爲什麼這種事突然發生。兩天前，她還看到哈德森與寵物狗一起外出時撫摸它。她形容這條狗屬於“獒犬”。

另一位鄰居亞瑟·納什說：“每個人對小女孩的死亡都感到十分震驚。起初當我看到救護車時，以爲車上是法庭中心臟病突發的老婦人。隨後鄰居告訴我說萊克斯被寵物狗咬死。我們都很震驚。”

當地衛理公會祕書凱萊·朗邁爾經常在十字巷遛狗。她說：“這真是一場悲劇，十足的悲劇。我可以肯定我們的社區很團結，人們會很震驚，可怕的是傷人的是一條寵物犬。”

據《每日鏡報》報道，哈德森的好友保羅·瑞恩表示，這條狗是兩月前萊克斯的媽媽從當地救助中心領養的。他說在女兒受到攻擊後，哈德森變得“歇斯底里”，不停重複說救助中心的人告訴她這條狗跟小孩在一起很安全。

瑞恩說：“很明顯它突然毫無徵兆地向萊克斯發動攻擊，當時萊克斯正和她母親在牀上睡覺，它衝進來，瘋了一般咬住萊克斯不鬆口。哈德森大吼並試圖將它的頭推到一邊，但狗死不放鬆，最後她不得不用刀讓它鬆口。當時場面肯定非常恐怖。”

東米德蘭救護車服務發言人梅拉妮·賴特表示，當天中午12時05分接到999急救電話，稱有一名孩子被狗襲擊受傷。

她說：“我們反應迅速，立即派遣臨牀醫生搭乘兩輛快速救護車、一輛有雙倍醫護人員的救護車以及德比、萊斯特和拉特蘭的空中救護車趕往現場。我們還通知了萊斯特郡警方。”

“小女孩被帶到在諾丁漢女王醫學中心進行治療，但不幸的是，沒能挽救她的生命。”

“對於所有關心這件事的人而言，這是一通令人心痛的急救電話，並且我們爲實施救助的同事提供了幫助。”

令人難以置信的是，這隻狗的品種被列爲《危險犬隻法案》第一節中。