Horrified pupils and teachers watched as two armed thugs tried to rob a dad of his car outside a Scots primary school.
30.07.2022 - 07:03 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A vulnerable Scots woman was left lying bleeding in the street after being attacked by an out-of-control German Shepherd despite begging the animal’s owner for help. Stephanie McGeough, who suffers from Addison’s Disease, was walking to her Clydebank home when the vicious dog lunged at her arm before sinking its teeth into her limb on March 11, 2021.
The 34-year-old told how she lost a chunk of flesh after ripping her arm out of the animal’s powerful jaws before having to fend off a second attack as its owner held onto its lead. Stephanie slumped to the ground and feared losing consciousness as she felt herself going into an adrenal crisis - which can be fatal without an emergency injection of hydrocortisone.
A driving instructor who was nearby heard Stephanie's screams and raced to help her before she was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment to her injuries. Stephanie, who now suffers from PTSD, has blasted the justice system after learning that the animal's owner, Robert O'Donnell, 75, escaped with a fine when sentenced at Dumbarton Sheriff Court this week.
The dog has also been placed on the Index of Exempted Dogs meaning it must be kept muzzled and on a lead of 6ft or less when in a public place.
She told the Daily Record: “I’m absolutely disgusted and find it despicable that the only sentence he has been given is for the dog to be on a lead - which it was anyway at the time of the attack - and for it to be muzzled.
“He’s also been ordered to pay £210. I just feel totally worthless and forgotten about as though I’ve not factored into any of it. I’ve been left with permanent scarring, damage to my tendons and PTSD which I’m getting treatment for.
“It wasn’t a case of the dog biting me and the
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